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Road verges provide alternative habitats for some, but not all, meadow plants
Oldén, Anna; Pitkämäki, Tinja; Halme, Panu; Komonen, Atte; Raatikainen, Kaisa J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2021)Questions Agricultural intensification has led to the decline of biodiverse meadows and other semi-natural grasslands. Road verges offer potential alternative habitats for meadow species, but they may not be suitable for ... -
Contrasting responses of vascular plants and bryophytes to present and past connectivity in unmanaged grasslands
Järvenpää, Suvi; Kytöviita, Minna-Maarit; Pitkämäki, Tinja; Lampinen, Jussi (Springer, 2023)The area of semi-natural grasslands has decreased dramatically causing many grassland specialist species to persist in small habitat fragments. Furthermore, ecological communities once shaped by disturbances related to ... -
The effect of grazing history on fungal diversity in broadleaved wood pastures
Mustola, Kaisa (2012)Traditional rural biotopes such as wood pastures are species rich habitats which have been created by extensive agriculture. In all European countries both the quality and quantity of traditional rural biotopes have ... -
Plant biodiversity in boreal wood-pastures : impacts of grazing and abandonment
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Conservation of traditional rural biotopes in Finland : a social-ecological approach
Raatikainen, Kaisa J. (University of Jyväskylä, 2018)This research focuses on conservation of traditional rural biotopes, which are biodiverse meadows and wood-pastures that are dependent on management through grazing or mowing. These low-intensity management actions ...