April 2018: How can land managers deal with the excessive biomass created by invasive plants?
Disturbances, such as fire and herbivore grazing, are essential to reduce biomass and maintain grassland biodiversity but actively managing these disturbances is difficult and expensive, especially in urban areas.
Our new paper explains how mowing can be used to manage grassland biodiversity:
Smith AL, Barrett RL, Milner RNC (2018). Annual mowing maintains plant diversity in threatened temperate grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science, DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12365.
Check out our 3-minute video explaining the research:
Disturbances, such as fire and herbivore grazing, are essential to reduce biomass and maintain grassland biodiversity but actively managing these disturbances is difficult and expensive, especially in urban areas.
Our new paper explains how mowing can be used to manage grassland biodiversity:
Smith AL, Barrett RL, Milner RNC (2018). Annual mowing maintains plant diversity in threatened temperate grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science, DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12365.
Check out our 3-minute video explaining the research: