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Impact of a change of use on extensive grassland yields

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2023-06-15
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Varga, K., & Csizi, I. (2023). Impact of a change of use on extensive grassland yields. Grassland Studies, 21(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.55725/gygk/2023/21/1/12426
Abstract

The impact of converting overgrazed extensive grassland to mowing was investigated in Karcag between 2017 and 2020. At the beginning of the experiment, the plant composition of the overgrazed grassland community, which had been overgrazed for 3 years, showed a high and continuously increasing cover of unconditionally weeds avoided by sheep, which presented clearly higher quantitative indicators in terms of yield values. However, in the grassland communities that were converted to mowing, the cover of unconditioned weeds decreased steadily at the end of the experimental period and the cover value of grassland components valuable for animals increased, thus stopping degradation and recultivation by conversion was successful.