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2021
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Muhammad Naseer Tomas Persson Isabella Righini Cecilia Stanghellini Henk Maessen Michel VerheulAbstract
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Marion Lang Harald Albrecht Marlene Rudolph Johannes KollmannAbstract
A better understanding of regional differentiation and local adaptation of rare arable plants is essential for the development of suitable methods for the reintroduction of these species. We set up F1 and F2 greenhouse experiments with 4–12 source populations of five rare arable plant species to test for genetically based differentiation in biomass production and phenology in South Germany. For three species, i.e. Arnoseris minima, Consolida regalis and Teesdalia nudicaulis, reciprocal transplant experiments were performed in arable fields to investigate local adaptation in plant establishment as well as biomass production to the northern or southern regions of three seed transfer zones. We found low regional differentiation, but provenance-specific responses to drought stress in Legousia speculum-veneris biomass and A. minima phenology. Moreover, little evidence was identified for local adaptation, while significant differences were seen in the performance between the transplant sites and study years, indicating a high phenotypic variability. Our results suggest that the current seed zones are suitable for the seed transfer of rare arable plants in the study region. Thus, there is a low risk of maladaptation when using autochthonous seed sources within the seed zones, but a high extinction risk of these species and their respective ecosystem functions if no active restoration is done, including transplant measures.
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Transhumance landscapes are sensitive semi-natural environments in upland European areas. Shaped through human activities from the earliest times, they provide habitat for many threatened species and produced a rich cultural heritage. They bear witness to the complex and mutually beneficial interplay between natural resources and human activities. Today, they are threatened by societal, economic and ecological factors. The purpose of this article is to identify the roles and intangible values of transhumance systems through the analysis of three studies, in Norway, France and Spain, and to raise awareness about the benefits of continuous traditional transhumance practices for the preservation of pastoral biodiversity and the mountain landscapes’ character.
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Elisabeth Pötzelsberger Martin M. Gossner Ludwig Beenken Anna Gazda Michal Petr Tiina Ylioja Nicola La Porta Dimitrios N. Avtzis Elodie Bay Maarten De Groot Rein Drenkhan Mihai-Leonard Duduman Rasmus Enderle Margarita Georgieva Ari Hietala Björn Hoppe Herve Jactel Kristjan Jarni Srđan Keren Zsolt Keseru Marcin Koprowski Andrej Kormuťák María Josefa Lombardero Aljona Lukjanova Vitas Marozas Edurad Mauri Maria Cristina Monteverdi Per Holm Nygaard Nikica Ogris Nicolai Olenici Christophe Orazio Bernhard Perny Glória Pinto Michael Power Radoslaw Puchalka Hans Peter Ravn Ignacio Sevillano Sophie Stroheker Paul Taylor Panagiotis Tsopelas Josef Urban Kaljo Voolma Marjana Westergren Johanna Witzell Olga Zborovska Milica ZlatkovicAbstract
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Arne SteffenremAbstract
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Katherine Ann Gredvig NielsenAbstract
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