| Plant diversity and soil nutrients in North West Scotland : The influence of agricultural management | |
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The goal of this experiment is to determine whether certain plant species occurrence can be linked to different types of agricultural management, to see where the highest biodiversity occurs and whether or not plant available nutrients in the soil have effect on the composition of the vegetation. The needed data was recorded in early July 2007 on the west coast of Scotland, we took notes of the occurring species and made estimates for their total biomass-percentage. Also, we took standard soil samples to determine the quantity of a range of nutrients. We recorded about 150 different species across 30 sites. The analysis of the data showed that management is a major driver in determining the vegetation composition. By creating another data set with trait scores for water, light, nitrogen, ... for each species, we were able to make a diagram that showed where the different sites were in comparison to these environmental gradients, thus confirming some assumptions, but also showing some surprising other effects. When looking at the biodiversity for every site, there was no clear trend showing. Surprisingly, the effect of nutrients in the soil on the vegetation seemed to be unimportant in this case, management appears to have the largest effect. |
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Van Rijmenant, Jelle |
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Publisher : Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen Type : Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Format : application/pdf |
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2008 |
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Languages : eng |
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