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Managementová opatření a hodnocení jejich dopadu na biodiverzitu lučního mokřadu (Wetland management)

Project Identification
TJ04000145
Project Period
8/2020 - 7/2022
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
  • ZÉTA
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science
Keywords
wetlands; wet meadows; biodiversity; ecosystem services; grazing management; mowing; invasive species; expansive species; habitat restoration; conservation management; habitat heterogeneity; monitoring; ecological assessment; wetland restorattion

Wet meadows are unique habitats that provide numerous ecosystem services and serve as important biodiversity hotspots within the landscape. Today, however, most wetland sites face severe degradation or even complete loss, mainly due to inappropriate agricultural management, overall landscape drainage, and increasing nutrient enrichment. A major threat to these habitats is overgrowth and the spread of invasive and expansive species. To mitigate these impacts, mowing and grazing management are increasingly applied as the most suitable conservation tools. Although the effects of these measures on the biodiversity of individual organism groups have been tested both in the Czech Republic and abroad, their impact on the biodiversity of entire communities remains poorly understood under our geographical conditions.

Furthermore, there is currently no systematic methodology for assessing the effects of management interventions on biodiversity at the level of the entire wetland community, including comparisons between treated and control plots within the same site.

The main objectives of the project are to:
(i) test suitable management measures (cattle grazing, mowing, creation of small pools) aimed at reducing large homogeneous vegetation stands, promoting vegetation structural heterogeneity, suppressing invasive/expansive plant species, creating new microhabitats, and enhancing biodiversity at a degraded project site;
(ii) monitor both managed and unmanaged plots and evaluate the biodiversity of wetland communities;
(iii) assess the impact of implemented management measures on biodiversity;
(iv) develop recommendations for applying effective restoration measures to other wet meadows threatened by long-term management absence and prepare outputs supporting public authorities in improving wetland conservation efficiency;
(v) provide a verified methodology for assessing wetland community biodiversity.

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Masaryk University is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.

Sustainable Development Goal No. 5 – Gender equality Sustainable Development Goal No. 14 – Life below water Sustainable Development Goal No. 15 – Life on land

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