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Team „Diver Grass“

Research topics

Effect of long-term grassland management on the species composition of higher plants

  • functional groups of plants under different grassland managements
  • „plant traits“ under different grassland managements (length of the leaves, flowering period, plant height)
  • the effect of different grassland managements on different plant strategies (C-S-R)

The effect of long-term grazing on biomass production and sward characteristics

  • identification of the main effects affecting dry matter biomass production during and between the growing seasons
  • the effect of patches on concentrations of nutrients in the biomass and soil
  • the analysis of the extensive or intensive grazing on biomass production and forage quality
  • the analysis of the grazing intensity on the vertical structure of the grazed sward

Assessment of the nutrient dynamics in the soil and plants in the grasslands under different management practices (grazing, cutting, mulching and fertilization)

  • determination of the effects of different grazing intensities on soil and biomass nutrient concentrations under different types of patches
  • to assess the impact of anthropogenically generated waste on soil and plants
  • to compare the relationship between soil nutrients and crop yields under different types of management

Dynamics of nutrient concentrations in the grassland biomass under different management practices, in particular mineral concentrations, ADF, NDF and organic matter digestibility

What effect does different long-term management have on:

  1. imacronutrient content, NDF, ADF and digestibility of organic matter in the grassland
  2. relationship of soil nutrient content to plant nutrient content?
  3. relationship of species composition to plant nutrient content? 

    Members

    Ing. Isa Bandák
    Doctorand

    Projects

    DiGraSo: Project 100693117; Causes of the decline of grassland diversity in protected areas in the Czech-Saxon border region (Ursachen für den Rückgang der Grünlandvielfalt in Schutzgebieten der tschech-sächsischen Grenzregion); project implementation date (September 2023 - March 2027); members of the project team (Vilém Pavlů, Lenka Pavlů, Jan Titěra, Martina Štrojsová, Alena Ševců)

    Diver grass: Project 100264999; Sustainable grassland management for biodiversity (Nachhaltiges Management von Grünland-Biotopen zur Förderung der Artenvielfalt); termín realizace projektu (leden 2016 – říjen 2019); členové řešitelského týmu (Vilém Pavlů, Lenka Pavlů, Klára Pavlů, Teowdroes Kassahun, Jan Titěra and Chukwudi Nwaogu)

    Grass Gas: EU, Interreg CZ/PL r.č. CZ.114.120/0.0/0.0/16_026/0001092. Grassland biomass as a renewable energy source. Biodiversity-Biomass-Biogas; project implementation date (1.3.2017 - 28.2.2021); members of the research team (Vilém Pavlů, Lenka Pavlů, Klára Pavlů, Teowdroes Kassahun, Jan Titěra and Chukwudi Nwaogu)

    Publications

    Articles with IF

    2024

    Meserszmit M., Swacha G., Pavlů L., Pavlů V.V., Titěra J., Jabłoński S., Łukaszewicz M., Kącki Z., 2024. Effect of mowing versus abandonment of mesic grasslands in Central Europe on biomass use for biogas production: Implications for semi‐natural ecosystem conservation. Journal of Environmental Management. 368, 122132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122132

    2023

    Swacha G., Meserszmit M., Pavlů L., Pavlů V.V., Kajzrová K., Kassahun T., Raduła M.W., Titěra J., Kącki Z., 2023. Drivers of species-specific contributions to the total live aboveground plant biomass in Central European semi-natural hay grasslands. Ecological Indicators. 146, 109740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109740

    Titěra J., Pavlů L., Pavlů V.V., Blažek P., 2023. What is a suitable management for Typha latifolia control in wet meadows? Applied Vegetation Science. 26, e12740. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12740

    2022

    Kajzrová, K., Kassahun, T., Pavlů, L., Pavlů, V.V., Fraser M. 2022. The effect of 19 years of restoration managements on forage quality and herbage-soil relationships within improved upland grassland. Grass and Forage Science, 77:167-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12576

    Meserszmit, M., Swacha, G., Pavlů, L., Pavlů, V., Trojanowska‐Olichwer, A., Kącki, Z. 2022. Species composition of semi‐natural mesic grasslands as a factor influencing the methane yield of plant biomass (Central Europe). GCB Bioenergy, 14(1): 54-64.

    Pavlů L., Poetsch E.M., Pavlů V.V., Titěra J., Hejcman M., Gaisler J., Hopkins A. 2022. The Admont Grassland Experiment: 70 years of fertilizer application and its effects on soil and vegetation properties in an alluvial meadow managed under a three-cut régime. Science of the Total Environment, 808: 152081. DOI10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152081

    2021

    Kassahun T., Pavlů K., Pavlů V.V., Pavlů L., Blažek P. 2021. Effect of 15‐year sward management on vertical distribution of plant functional groups in a semi‐natural perennial grassland of central Europe. Applied Vegetation Science,   24: e12568 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12568

    Kassahun T., Pavlů K., Pavlů V.V. , Pavlů L., Novak J., Blažek P. 2021. The effects of first defoliation and previous management intensity on forage quality of a semi-natural species-rich grassland. Plos One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248804

    Pavlů K., Kassahun T., Pavlů V.V. , Pavlů L., Blažek P., Homolka P. 2021. The effects of first defoliation and previous management intensity on forage quality of a semi-natural species-rich grassland. Plos One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248804

    Pavlů L., Pavlů V.V. & Fraser M.D. 2021. What is the effect of 19 years of restoration managements on soil and vegetation on formerly improved upland grassland? Science of the Total Environment, 755: 142469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142469

    2020

    Titěra J., Pavlů V.V., Pavlů L., Hejcman M., Gaisler J., Schellberg J., 2020. Response of grassland vegetation composition to different fertilizer treatments recorded over ten years following 64 years of fertilizer applications in the Rengen Grassland Experiment. Applied Vegetation Science. 23, 417-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12499.

    Books

    Gaisler, J., Pavlů, L., Pavlů, V., Kändler, M. & Haase, H. 2019. Louky a pastviny - rostlinná společenstva travních porostů v přeshraniční oblasti Liberec-Žitava/ Wiesen und Weiden - Vorstellung der unterschiedlichen Artengemeinschaften in der Grenzregion Zittau - Liberec. Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i.. Praha. 25 pp. ISBN: 978-80-7427-322-3

    Pavlů, L., Gaisler, J., Pavlů, V., Haase, H., Kändler, M., Titěra, J., Pavlů, K., Kassahun Teka, T. & Blechinger, K., 2019. Obhospodařování travních porostů pro podporu biodiverzity v přeshraniční oblasti Liberec-Žitava. Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i.. Praha. 72 pp. ISBN: 978-80-7427-320-9.

    Pavlů, L., Gaisler, J., Pavlů, V., Haase, H., Titěra, J., Pavlů, K., Kassahun Teka, T. & Blechinger, K., 2019. Bewirtschaftung von Grasland zur Förderung der Artenvielfalt im Grenzgebiet Zittau-Liberec. Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i.. Praha. 76 pp. ISBN: 978-80-7427-320-6.

    Pavlů V., Kacki Z., Kajzrová K., Meserszmit M., Pavlů L., Stefanska-Krzaczek E., Swacha G., Titěra J., Wasiak P., 2021. Biomasa travních porostů jako obnovitelný zdroj energie. Biodiverzita-Biomasa-Bioplyn/Biomasa uzytków zielonych jako odnawialne zródlo energii Bioróznorodnosc-Biomasa-Biogaz. Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i.. Praha. 20 pp. ISBN: 978-80-7427-354-4