In Situ Conservation of Dry Meadows

Jože Bavcon (), Katja Malovrh, Maja Tomšič and Blanka Ravnjak
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Jože Bavcon: Biotechnical Faculty, University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Katja Malovrh: Biotechnical Faculty, University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Maja Tomšič: Biotechnical Faculty, University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Blanka Ravnjak: Biotechnical Faculty, University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: Grassland ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable as they are threatened by both intensive agriculture and abandonment of land use, which leads to overgrowth with scrub vegetation and forest. Given that meadows are habitat types of very high biodiversity, their loss significantly reduces local biodiversity. That is why the University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana has been renting a 2 ha dry meadow at the edge of Ljubljana capital city since 2001, for the purpose of in situ conservation in the urban area. We have been observing the meadow since 1997. In 2023, in addition to the complete inventory of species, we also carried out an inventory and analysis of the community in the meadow using the Braun–Blanquet method in 25 relevés. We recorded 163 plant species in the meadow during the entire growing season, and a total of 82 were recorded in the relevés. Eighteen of the species recorded are on the red list of protected plant species in Slovenia. In the relevés, 15 species types were constant (occurring in 60%) and as many as 21 were unique. The species Peucedanum oreoselinum (L.) Moench was recorded in all relevés (25), followed by the species Bromopsis erecta (Huds.) Fourr. (24), Galium verum L. (24), Briza media L. (23), Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) PB. (22) and Salvia pratensis L. (21).

Keywords: grasslands; biodiversity; conservation; traditional management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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