Long-term response of wetland plant communities to management intensity, grazing abandonment, and prescribed fire.

ABSTRACT: Isolated, seasonal wetlands within agricultural landscapes are important ecosystems. However, they are currently experiencing direct and indirect effects of agricultural management surrounding them. Because wetlands provide important ecosystem services, it is crucial to determine how these factors affect ecological communities. Here, we studied the long-term effects of land-use intensification, cattle grazing, prescribed fires, and their interactions on wetland plant diversity, community dynamics, and functional diversity. To do this, we used vegetation and trait data from a 14-year-old experiment on 40 seasonal wetlands located within seminatural and intensively managed pastures in Florida. These wetlands were allocated different grazing and prescribed fire treatments (grazed vs. ungrazed

SUBMITTER: Sonnier G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078234 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature