A detailed assessment of a pasture’s functioning based on soil properties characterization, floristic composition, and ‘functional summary’ by evaluating competitor–stress tolerator–ruderal (CSR) strategies is provided for a doline in Central Italian Alps. A floristic survey was carried out at 35 sampling points, representative of the main topographic features, soil and vegetation types; the functional profile at the community level was evaluated by assessing for each species its Grime’s CSR strategy; each point was characterized through soil profiles and topsoil (0–10 cm) sampling; pH, soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, available P, soil humus fraction, root density, bulk density, water content, and available water capacity were determined. Our study showed i) a strong relationship between vegetation, soil properties, topography, and grazing; ii) a prevalence of stress-tolerant strategies; iii) the ability of plant strategy variation to reflect the ecological parameters; and iv) the vegetation potentiality to be an indicator of environmental spatial variability.

Ferre, C., Caccianiga, M., Zanzottera, M., Comolli, R. (2020). Soil–plant interactions in a pasture of the Italian Alps. JOURNAL OF PLANT INTERACTIONS, 15(1), 39-49 [10.1080/17429145.2020.1738570].

Soil–plant interactions in a pasture of the Italian Alps

Ferre, C
;
Comolli, R
2020

Abstract

A detailed assessment of a pasture’s functioning based on soil properties characterization, floristic composition, and ‘functional summary’ by evaluating competitor–stress tolerator–ruderal (CSR) strategies is provided for a doline in Central Italian Alps. A floristic survey was carried out at 35 sampling points, representative of the main topographic features, soil and vegetation types; the functional profile at the community level was evaluated by assessing for each species its Grime’s CSR strategy; each point was characterized through soil profiles and topsoil (0–10 cm) sampling; pH, soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, available P, soil humus fraction, root density, bulk density, water content, and available water capacity were determined. Our study showed i) a strong relationship between vegetation, soil properties, topography, and grazing; ii) a prevalence of stress-tolerant strategies; iii) the ability of plant strategy variation to reflect the ecological parameters; and iv) the vegetation potentiality to be an indicator of environmental spatial variability.
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Alpine pasture; CSR strategy; plant community; soil diversity; spatial variability;
English
12-mar-2020
2020
15
1
39
49
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Ferre, C., Caccianiga, M., Zanzottera, M., Comolli, R. (2020). Soil–plant interactions in a pasture of the Italian Alps. JOURNAL OF PLANT INTERACTIONS, 15(1), 39-49 [10.1080/17429145.2020.1738570].
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