Short-Term Effects on Diversity and Biomass on Grasslands from Artificial Dykes under Grazing and Mowing Treatments

• Published in: Environmental conservation Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 132 - 139
• Main Authors: Moinardeau, Cannelle, Mesléard, François, Ramone, Hervé, Dutoit, Thierry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2019; Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Series: Thematic Section: Forests in Flux
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Aerial photography; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biomass; Brachypodium phoenicoides; Cattle; Channeling; Conservation practices; Construction contracts; Correlation analysis; Dikes; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Flood control; Flood management; floods; France; grasses; Grasslands; Grazing; Heterogeneity; Industrial areas; industrialization; Life Sciences; monitoring; Mowing; natural resources conservation; NON-THEMATIC PAPERS; normalized difference vegetation index; Normalized difference vegetative index; perennials; Plant protection; Plant species; Remote sensing; Safety; soil; Species richness; Strategic management; Vegetation; France; cattle grazing; vegetation index; beta-diversity; anthropized ecosystems; alpha-diversity

Few studies document the impacts of conservation management practices such as extensive grazing or mowing on the new ecosystems created by industrial conversions. In southern France, the Rhône channelling led to the construction of dykes to protect the Tricastin industrialized area from floods. Aimi...