TY - JOUR AU - Lukács, Katalin AU - Tóth, Ágnes AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Rádai, Zoltán AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - Kelemen, András AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Hábenczyus, Alida Anna AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Godó, Laura AU - Valkó, Orsolya TI - The ecological footprint of outdoor activities: Factors affecting human-vectored seed dispersal on clothing JF - SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT J2 - SCI TOTAL ENVIRON VL - 906 PY - 2024 PG - 8 SN - 0048-9697 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167675 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34187918 ID - 34187918 AB - In the Anthropocene, humans are among the most abundant long-distance seed dispersal vectors globally, due to our increasing mobility and the growing global population. However, there are several knowledge gaps related to the process of human-vectored dispersal (HVD) on clothing. In a multi-site field experiment covering various habitat types in three countries of Central-Europe, we involved 88 volunteer participants and collected 251 HVD samples and 2008 subsamples from their socks and shoes. We analysed the number of diaspores and species in the samples. Specifically, we studied the effects of site characteristics (variables related to habitat types and season), vector characteristics (activity type, gender, clothing type, shoe type) and plant characteristics (species pool of the visited habitats and plant traits) on the number of diaspores and array of species dispersed. We assessed the habits of people that could be relevant for HVD with a questionnaire survey. A total of 35,935 diaspores of 229 plant taxa were identified from the samples, which indicates a huge potential of HVD in dispersing diaspores across habitats and regions. Most diaspores were recorded in grassland habitats, and more diaspores were dispersed during fieldwork than excursions. Clothing type also played a decisive role: there were more diaspores and species when wearing short-top shoes and short trousers than long ones. Even though our study was carried out mainly in natural or semi-natural habitats, a large number of dispersed species were disturbance-tolerants and weeds and only a few were specialists, suggesting the controversial role of HVD in conservation. At the individual level, people can reduce the number of diaspores through their clothing choices and diaspore removal habits, while providing adequate equipment for staff, operating cleaning stations, and increasing awareness of employees are main ways in which unintended diaspore dispersal can be tackled at the institutional level. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Szász, Vivien AU - Valkó, Orsolya AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Ordonez Jacome, Santiago AU - Verbényiné Neumann , Krisztina AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Csergő, Anna Mária TI - The effect of kurgan area and isolation on Salvia nemorosa L. in fragmented dry grasslands T2 - 18th Eurasian Grassland Conference Book of abstracts PY - 2023 SP - 70 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34167840 ID - 34167840 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Bede, Ádám AU - Rádai, Zoltán AU - Dembicz, Iwona AU - Apostolova, Iva AU - Batáry, Péter AU - Gallé, Róbert AU - Tóth, Csaba Albert AU - Dózsai, József AU - Moysiyenko, Ivan I. AU - Sudnik‐Wójcikowska, Barbara AU - Zachwatowicz, Maria AU - Nekhrizov, Georgi AU - Lisetskii, Fedor N. AU - Buryak, Zhanna A. AU - Kis, Szabolcs AU - Borza, Sándor AU - Godó, Laura AU - Bragina, Tatyana M. AU - Smelansky, Ilya AU - Molnár, Ábel Péter AU - Bán, Miklós AU - Báthori, Ferenc AU - Árgay, Zoltán AU - Dani, János AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Valkó, Orsolya TI - Contribution of cultural heritage values to steppe conservation on ancient burial mounds of Eurasia JF - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY J2 - CONSERV BIOL VL - 37 PY - 2023 IS - 6 PG - 13 SN - 0888-8892 DO - 10.1111/cobi.14148 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34064560 ID - 34064560 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: Narodowe Centrum Nauki [DEC-2013/09/N/NZ8/03234]; Scientific Research Committee, Poland; Hungarian Scientific Research Fund [NKFI FK 135329, NKFI KKP 144096, NKFIH KDP 967901, NKFIH KKP 133839]; Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia; Bulgarian National Science Fund [06-H21/2]; Polish Ministry of Science and High Education Funding text: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Grant/Award Number: DEC-2013/09/N/NZ8/03234; Scientific Research Committee, Poland; Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Grant/Award Numbers: NKFI FK 135329, NKFI KKP 144096, NKFIH KDP 967901, NKFIH KKP 133839; Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia, Grant/Award Number: Janos Bolyai Research Scholarship; Bulgarian National Science Fund, Grant/Award Numbers: contract KII, -, 06-H21/2, 2018; Polish Ministry of Science and High Education LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tölgyesi, Csaba AU - Kelemen, András AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Hábenczyus, Alida Anna AU - Havadtői, Krisztina AU - Varga, Anna AU - Erdős, László AU - Frei, Kata AU - Tóth, Benedek György AU - Török, Péter TI - Maintaining scattered trees to boost carbon stock in temperate pastures does not compromise overall pasture quality for the livestock JF - AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT J2 - AGR ECOSYST ENVIRON VL - 351 PY - 2023 PG - 8 SN - 0167-8809 DO - 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108477 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33710529 ID - 33710529 N1 - MTA-SZTE Lendület Applied Ecology Research Group, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Szeged, 6726, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Szeged, 6726, Hungary Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány út 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary Milvus Group Bird and Nature Protection Association, Bulevardul 1 Decembrie 1918 nr. 121, Târgu-Mureș, Romania Department of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs, Rókus utca 2, Pécs, 7624, Hungary ELKH-DE Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Alkotmány út 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary University of Debrecen, Department of Ecology, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Warszawa, 202-973, Poland Export Date: 24 July 2023 CODEN: AEEND Correspondence Address: Tölgyesi, C.; MTA-SZTE Lendület Applied Ecology Research Group, Közép fasor 52, Hungary; email: festuca7@yahoo.com AB - Scattered trees in wood-pastures represent outstanding conservation value by providing microhabitats for a variety of organisms. They also diversify ecosystem services by creating shade for livestock, and capturing and storing carbon. However, trees in wood-pastures are declining Europe-wide and an appropriate legal environment to maintain them is mostly lacking. Here we looked beyond the well-documented beneficial effects of trees and assessed potential ecosystem disservices, which may drive the controversial appreciation of trees. In a grazing exclusion experiment, we assessed the effect of trees on herbage production in wood-pastures from semiarid continental to humid montane areas in the temperate deciduous forest ecoregion, and found that trees have a suppressive effect throughout the year, although herbage nutritive value, as indicated by herbage nitrogen content, seems to be improved in spring. When we up-scaled the local ecosystem disservice on herbage yield to entire wood-pastures, the loss remained below 3%, which is lower than reported gains in livestock production due to free access to shade. Thus, the motivation for the under-appreciation of trees by land managers and decision makers may lie in that trees suppress herbage production, but the importance of this effects is offset by the magnitude of the beneficial services of trees. We recommend current wood-pasture stakeholders to revisit their attitude towards scattered trees and encourage tree planting campaigns and tree-based climate mitigation strategies to consider the protection of trees in wood-pastures and the establishment of young ones in currently open pastures up to traditionally low tree cover proportions, as livestock production is unlikely to be compromised by this action. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - Lukács, Katalin AU - Rádai, Zoltán AU - Kelemen, András AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Tóth, Ágnes AU - Godó, Laura AU - Valkó, Orsolya TI - Co-seeding grasses and forbs supports restoration of species-rich grasslands and improves weed control in ex-arable land JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 12 PY - 2022 IS - 1 PG - 13 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-022-25837-4 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33300224 ID - 33300224 N1 - ‘Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány str. 2–4, Vácrátót, 2163, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem sqr. 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary Juhász-Nagy Pál Doctoral School, University of Debrecen, Egyetem sqr. 1, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary Centre for Ecological Research, National Laboratory for Health Security, Karolina út 29, Budapest, 1113, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Közép Fasor 52, Szeged, 6726, Hungary Hungarian Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, Miklós tér 1, Budapest, 1033, Hungary Cited By :1 Export Date: 5 December 2023 Correspondence Address: Valkó, O.; ‘Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group, Alkotmány str. 2–4, Hungary; email: valkoorsi@gmail.com AB - Sowing is widely used for the restoration of species-rich grasslands but still there are knowledge gaps regarding the most suitable application of different seed mixtures. We tested the effect of seed mixtures application timing on the establishment of sown forbs and weed control. 36 experimental plots with nine sowing treatments were established in an abandoned cropland in Hungary. Grass-seeds, diverse forb seed mixture and the combination of the two were applied: diverse forb mixture was sown simultaneously or 1, 2 or 3 years after grass sowing, in plots sown previously with grass or in empty plots (fallows). All sowing treatments supported the rapid establishment of the sown species in large cover and hampered weed encroachment. Forbs performed better when sown into fallows than in grass-matrix and forbs establishment was worse in older fallows than in younger ones. Grasses expressed a strong priority effect, especially when forbs were sown at least two years later than grasses. We also investigated the relation between seed germinability, weather parameters and establishment success. Germination rate in the greenhouse could not predict the establishment success of forbs in the field and showed great differences between years, hence we recommend sowing target forbs in multiple years. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tóth, Ágnes AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Lukács, Katalin AU - Rádai, Zoltán AU - Godó, Laura AU - Borza, Sándor AU - Kelemen, András AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Bátori, Zoltán AU - Novák, Tibor József AU - Valkó, Orsolya TI - Vertical distribution of soil seed bank and the ecological importance of deeply buried seeds in alkaline grasslands JF - PEERJ J2 - PEERJ VL - 10 PY - 2022 PG - 19 SN - 2167-8359 DO - 10.7717/peerj.13226 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32773055 ID - 32773055 N1 - Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary Department of Ecology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary Hungarian Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary Department of Landscape Protection and Environmental Geography, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Cited By :1 Export Date: 28 September 2022 Correspondence Address: Valkó, O.; Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Vácrátót, Hungary; email: valko.orsolya@ecolres.hu AB - Background: Soil seed banks play a central role in vegetation dynamics and may be an important source of ecological restoration. However, the vast majority of seed bank studies examined only the uppermost soil layers (0-10 cm); hence, our knowledge on the depth distribution of seed bank and the ecological significance of deeply buried seeds is limited. The aim of our study was to examine the fine-scale vertical distribution of soil seed bank to a depth of 80 cm, which is one of the largest studied depth gradients so far. Our model systems were alkaline grasslands in East-Hungary, characterised by harsh environmental conditions, due to Solonetz soil reference group with Vertic horizon. We asked the following questions: (1) How do the seedling density and species richness of soil seed bank change along a vertical gradient and to what depth can germinable seeds be detected? (2) What is the relationship between the depth distribution of the germinable seeds and the species traits? Methods: In each of the five study sites, four soil cores (4 cm diameter) of 80 cm depth were collected with an auger for soil seed bank analysis. Each sample was divided into sixteen 5-cm segments by depth (320 segments in total). Samples were concentrated by washing over sieves and then germinated in an unheated greenhouse. Soil penetration resistance was measured in situ next to each core location (0-80 cm depth, 1-cm resolution). We tested the number and species richness of seedlings observed in the soil segments (N= 320), using negative binomial generalized linear regression models, in which sampling layer and penetration resistance were the predictor variables. We ran the models for morphological groups (graminoids/forbs), ecological groups (grassland species/weeds) and life-form categories (short-lived/perennial). We also tested whether seed shape index, seed mass, water requirement or salt tolerance of the species influence the vertical distribution of their seed bank. Results: Germinable seed density and species richness in the seed bank decreased with increasing soil depth and penetration resistance. However, we detected nine How germinable seeds of six species even in the deepest soil layer. Forbs, grassland species and short-lived species occurred in large abundance in deep layers, from where graminoids, weeds and perennial species were missing. Round-shaped seeds were more abundant in deeper soil layers compared to elongated ones, but seed mass and ecological indicator values did not influence the vertical seed bank distribution. Our research draws attention to the potential ecological importance of the deeply buried seeds that may be a source of recovery after severe disturbance. As Vertisols cover 335 million hectares worldwide, these findings can be relevant for many regions and ecosystems globally. We highlight the need for similar studies in other soil and habitat types to test whether the presence of deep buried seeds is specific to soils with Vertic characteristics. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Balogh, Nóra AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Valkó, Orsolya AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - Molnár, Zsolt AU - Vadász, Csaba AU - Tóth, Edina AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Sonkoly, Judit AU - Antal, Károly AU - Tüdősné Budai, Júlia AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Kelemen, András TI - Consumption rate and dietary preference of cattle in species-rich mesic grasslands JF - TUEXENIA J2 - TUEXENIA VL - 41 PY - 2021 SP - 395 EP - 410 PG - 16 SN - 0722-494X DO - 10.14471/2021.41.016 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32473152 ID - 32473152 N1 - Funding Agency and Grant Number: MTA's Post Doctoral Research Program; Hungarian Scientific Research FundOrszagos Tudomanyos Kutatasi Alapprogramok (OTKA) [NKFI FK 124404, NKFI KH 130338, NKFI FK 135329, OTKA K 116639, NKFI KH 126477, NKFI PD 128302, NKFI KH 130320]; Bolyai Janos Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Funding text: The authors are grateful to Martin Magnes and one anonymous reviewer for valuable suggestions on the manuscript and the handling editor for handling work and for translating the expanded German summary. We appreciated the helpful comments from Peter Torok. We thank colleagues of the Kiskunsag National Park Directorate for their support. The authors were supported by MTA's Post Doctoral Research Program (AK), Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OV: NKFI FK 124404, BD: NKFI KH 130338, NKFI FK 135329; BT: OTKA K 116639, NKFI KH 126477, KT: NKFI PD 128302, ET: NKFI KH 130320) and the Bolyai Janos Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (AK, OV, BD). LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Shackelford, Nancy AU - Paterno, Gustavo B. AU - Winkler, Daniel E. AU - Erickson, Todd E. AU - Leger, Elizabeth A. AU - Svejcar, Lauren N. AU - Breed, Martin F. AU - Faist, Akasha M. AU - Harrison, Peter A. AU - Curran, Michael F. AU - Guo, Qinfeng AU - Kirmer, Anita AU - Law, Darin J. AU - Mganga, Kevin Z. AU - Munson, Seth M. AU - Porensky, Lauren M. AU - Quiroga, R. Emiliano AU - Török, Péter AU - Wainwright, Claire E. AU - Abdullahi, Ali AU - Bahm, Matt A. AU - Ballenger, Elizabeth A. AU - Barger, Nichole AU - Baughman, Owen W. AU - Becker, Carina AU - Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban AU - Boyd, Chad S. AU - Burton, Carla M. AU - Burton, Philip J. AU - Calleja, Eman AU - Carrick, Peter J. AU - Caruana, Alex AU - Clements, Charlie D. AU - Davies, Kirk W. AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Drake, Jessica AU - Dullau, Sandra AU - Eldridge, Joshua AU - Espeland, Erin AU - Farrell, Hannah L. AU - Fick, Stephen E. AU - Garbowski, Magda AU - de la Riva, Enrique G. AU - Golos, Peter J. AU - Grey, Penelope A. AU - Heydenrych, Barry AU - Holmes, Patricia M. AU - James, Jeremy J. AU - Jonas-Bratten, Jayne AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Kramer, Andrea T. AU - Larson, Julie E. AU - Lorite, Juan AU - Mayence, C. Ellery AU - Merino-Martín, Luis AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Milton, Suanne Jane AU - Monaco, Thomas A. AU - Montalvo, Arlee M. AU - Navarro-Cano, Jose A. AU - Paschke, Mark W. AU - Peri, Pablo Luis AU - Pokorny, Monica L. AU - Rinella, Matthew J. AU - Saayman, Nelmarie AU - Schantz, Merilynn C. AU - Schroeder, Tina AU - Seabloom, Eric W. AU - Stuble, Katharine L. AU - Uselman, Shauna M. AU - Valkó, Orsolya AU - Veblen, Kari AU - Wilson, Scott AU - Wong, Megan AU - Xu, Zhiwei AU - Suding, Katharine L. TI - Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts JF - NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION J2 - NAT ECOL EVOL VL - 5 PY - 2021 IS - 9 SP - 1283 EP - 1290 PG - 8 SN - 2397-334X DO - 10.1038/s41559-021-01510-3 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32111211 ID - 32111211 N1 - School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Restoration Ecology Research Group, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, United States School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Kings Park Science, Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions, Kings Park, WA, Australia Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States USDA Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Burns, OR, United States College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, United States School of Natural Sciences and ARC Training Centre for Forest Value, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States USDA FS – Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States Department of Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States Department of Agricultural Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO, United States Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina Cátedra de Manejo de Pastizales Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Resources, Nashville, TN, United States Hirola Conservation Programme, Nairobi, Kenya USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Merced Field Office, Merced, CA, United States National Park Service, Southeast Utah Group, Moab, UT, United States The Nature Conservancy of Oregon, Burns, OR, United States Plant Conservation Unit, Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa University of Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario, Albacete, Spain University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada Institute of Applied Sciences, Malta College for Arts, Sciences and Technology, Fgura, Malta Plant Conservation Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, Reno, NV, United States Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Debrecen, Hungary Murrang Earth Sciences, Ngunnawal Country, Canberra, ACT, Australia Great Ecology, Denver, CO, United States USDA-ARS Pest Management Research Unit, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT, United States German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Department of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany Biodiversity Management Branch, Environmental Resource Management Department, Cape Town, South Africa Greening Australia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, South Africa Natural Resource Management and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, NE, United States Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, United States Department of Botany, University of Granada, Granada, Spain Interuniversity Institute for Earth System Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain New Zealand Department of Conservation, Christchurch, New Zealand Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química inorgánica, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain ÖMKi - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary Hadison Park, Kimberley, South Africa Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation (WCRO), Prince Albert, South Africa US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States Department of Environment and Agronomy, National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Santa Cruz, Argentina USDA – NRCS, Bozeman, MT, United States USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, MT, United States Plant Science, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, Elsenburg, South Africa Red Rock Resources LLC, Miles City, MT, United States Bush Heritage Australia, Eurardy, WA, Australia Deptartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, United States Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, OH, United States Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States Department of Wildland Resources & Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada Centre of eResearch and Digital Innovation, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, VIC, Australia School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States Cited By :23 Export Date: 5 October 2022 Correspondence Address: Shackelford, N.; School of Environmental Studies, Canada; email: nshack@uvic.ca AB - Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, reverse desertification and secure livelihoods for the two billion people who live in these areas. Bold global targets have been set for dryland restoration to restore millions of hectares of degraded land. These targets have been questioned as overly ambitious, but without a global evaluation of successes and failures it is impossible to gauge feasibility. Here we examine restoration seeding outcomes across 174 sites on six continents, encompassing 594,065 observations of 671 plant species. Our findings suggest reasons for optimism. Seeding had a positive impact on species presence: in almost a third of all treatments, 100% of species seeded were growing at first monitoring. However, dryland restoration is risky: 17% of projects failed, with no establishment of any seeded species, and consistent declines were found in seeded species as projects matured. Across projects, higher seeding rates and larger seed sizes resulted in a greater probability of recruitment, with further influences on species success including site aridity, taxonomic identity and species life form. Our findings suggest that investigations examining these predictive factors will yield more effective and informed restoration decision-making. The seeding of native species is critical to the success of dryland restoration efforts. Here the authors evaluate success of seeding establishment at 174 sites on six continents, finding that some sites had nearly 100% of species successfully recruit, while 17% of sites had zero seedling success. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Deák, Balázs AU - Tóthmérész, Béla AU - Miglécz, Tamás AU - Tóth, Katalin AU - Török, Péter AU - Lukács, Katalin AU - Godó, Laura AU - Körmöczi, Zsófia Éva AU - Radócz, Szilvia AU - Borza, Sándor AU - Kelemen, András AU - Sonkoly, Judit AU - Kirmer, Anita AU - Tischew, Sabine AU - Valkó, Orsolya TI - Zoochory on and off: A field experiment for trait‐based analysis of establishment success of grassland species JF - JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE J2 - J VEG SCI VL - 32 PY - 2021 IS - 4 SN - 1100-9233 DO - 10.1111/jvs.13051 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32084987 ID - 32084987 N1 - Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Garden - Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Warsaw, Poland Faculty of Science and Technology, Juhász-Nagy Pál Doctoral School, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany Cited By :2 Export Date: 5 October 2022 CODEN: JVESE Correspondence Address: Deák, B.; Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Hungary; email: debalazs@gmail.com AB - Aims We tested the establishment success of grassland species in the presence or absence of zoochory by livestock and identified the traits associated with successful establishment. Location Hortobagy National Park, Hungary. Methods In six restored species-poor grasslands we established two species-rich 4 m x 4 m source plots per site in 2013. One source plot was managed by extensive cattle grazing ("zoochory on"), the other one was fenced and protected from grazers ("zoochory off"). We monitored the vegetation development in the source plots (2014-2018), and the establishment success of sown species (2016-2018) in adjacent dispersal plots in four, 20-m-long strips per source plot in a total of 960 dispersal plots. We calculated community-weighted means of thirteen plant traits related to regeneration and competitive ability. The effect of grazing, year, distance from source plots, grazing-year and grazing-distance interactions on population and trait dynamics in the source and dispersal plots were analysed with generalized linear mixed-effect models. Results Although grazing reduced the cover and flowering success of sown species in the source plots, the number of successful establishment events was higher in dispersal plots next to grazed source plots. The sown species were the most abundant in plots adjacent to source plots, but occurred at all monitored distances. Zoochory favoured perennial plants with high specific leaf area (SLA), low leaf dry matter content (LDMC), short stature, light seeds, early flowering period, high clonal index and anemochory index. Conclusions We showed that species that can colonize the matrix with and without zoochory have contrasting trait syndromes. In grazing-adapted ecosystems, fencing source populations of target species does not always seem to be a good option. It was a good tool for increasing the cover and flowering success of the sown species in the short run, but it significantly decreased their chance to colonize the surrounding area in the long run. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kuhn, Thomas AU - Domokos, Péter AU - Kiss, Réka AU - Ruprecht, Eszter TI - Grassland management and land use history shape species composition and diversity in Transylvanian semi‐natural grasslands JF - APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE J2 - APP VEGE SCI VL - 24 PY - 2021 IS - 2 SN - 1402-2001 DO - 10.1111/avsc.12585 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32006257 ID - 32006257 N1 - Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Arii Naturale Protejate Harghita, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, Hungary Cited By :3 Export Date: 24 March 2022 CODEN: AVSCF Correspondence Address: Kuhn, T.; Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Romania; email: kuhnthomas89@yahoo.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER -