Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2012, 60(3), 35-42 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260030035

Impact of combined management on the newly established pasture sward

Pavlína Hakrová1, K. Novotná, Z. Sýkorová, M. Šlachta, J. Frelich
1 Katedra krajinného managementu - Laboratoř aplikované ekologie, Zemědělská fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Česká republika

The effect of the combined grazing and cutting management on the phytocenological characteristics was examined at the submountain paddock in the South Bohemia. The botanical scans were sampled during the five-years study (2006-2010) starting after the sowing the pasture sward in the originally arable field and 0-2 years after the beginning of the grazing (paddock A and paddock B, respectively). The paddock A was grazed all year round, whereas the paddock B was grazed in spring and autumn and cut in summer for hay. At both paddocks, Lolium perenne, Trifolium repens and Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia dominated the community of total 43 and 47 species (paddock A and B, respectively). Among the sowing species, Lolium perenne, Festuca pratensis, Poa pratensis, Festuca rubra and Trifolium repens increased its cover on both paddocks, while Phleum pratense increased its cover only at paddock B. Lolium multiflorum decreased it cover at both paddocks. Most of arable field weeds disappeared (paddock A) or decreased its cover (paddock B). The cover of herb layer was higher at paddock A than at paddock B, whereas the number of species (N), the diversity (H) and the equitability (J) was higher at paddock B than at paddock A. The cover of herb layer increased during the study at both the paddocks, while the number of species declined at paddock A and increased at paddock B.

Keywords: grazing management, cutting, sowing the pasture sward, vegetation development, plant diversity, sheep and cattle
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This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, research project No. MSM 6007665806.

Received: December 28, 2011; Published: August 28, 2013  Show citation

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Hakrová, P., Novotná, K., Sýkorová, Z., Šlachta, M., & Frelich, J. (2012). Impact of combined management on the newly established pasture sward. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60(3), 35-42. doi: 10.11118/actaun201260030035
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