Analysis of the effects of mineral fertilization on species diversity and yield of permanent grasslands: revisited data to mediate economic and environmental needs

M. Kizekova; E. Feoli; G. Parente; R. Kanianska

doi:10.1556/168.2017.18.3.8

Community Ecology

Volume/Issue:: Volume 18: Issue 3

Analysis of the effects of mineral fertilization on species diversity and yield of permanent grasslands: revisited data to mediate economic and environmental needs

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M. Kizekova

M. Kizekova National Agricultural and Food Centre - Grassland and Mountain Agriculture Research Institute, Mládežnícka 36, 974 21 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

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E. Feoli

E. Feoli University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 10, 34100, Italy

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G. Parente

G. Parente European Grassland Federation, Via Adamello 27, 33078 San Vito al Tagl.to (Pordenone), Italy

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R. Kanianska

R. Kanianska Matej Bel University Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

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Pages:: 295–304

Online Publication Date:: Dec 2017

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2017

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/168.2017.18.3.8

Keywords:: Cluster analysis; Similarity theory; Sustainable development; Trade-off

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The 2013 reform of the European Common Agricultural Policy tries to support farmers willing to follow environment- friendly rural practices, by the so called “green payment”. Within this framework, it is suggested that governments and regions should maintain a certain ratio of the area of permanent grasslands to the total Utilized Agricultural Area according to the greening rules of the reform. However, the weak economic performance of permanent grasslands does not encourage farmers to invest into their conservation. This fact persuaded us to revisit our old unpublished data, obtained by experiments on the use of chemical fertilizers in permanent grasslands. By this reanalysis we hope to further support the new European policy with the perspective to find a trade-off between the conservation of the biodiversity and the economic productivity of permanent grasslands. Of the many possibilities we have chosen to present the results of two experiments, one in Italy and the other in Slovakia. The main reason for this choice was that these two studies followed complementary strategies of fertilization that appeared useful to detect both the single and the synergistic effects of N, P, and K on the relationships between yield and species diversity. The results of cluster and diversity analysis suggest that chemical fertilization should be carefully planned according to soil conditions, since different treatments may have the same effect on the floristic and vegetation patterns of grasslands. These results, according to similarity theory, allow to choose the least expensive and polluting combination of N, P and K from those that, according to the species combinations, are assigned to the same cluster.

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