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Nouvel article accepté : Identifying generic proxies for assessing ecosystem properties and conservation status of semi-natural grasslands

Publié le 24 janvier 2024 – Mis à jour le 24 janvier 2024
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Despite the recommendations of the 1992 European Habitat Directive regarding the evaluation of the conservation status of ecosystems, information on ecosystem functioning is still poorly integrated in long-term monitoring of European semi-natural grasslands. We investigated how to evaluate several ecosystem properties in relation to services provided by grasslands - plant and litter biomass and chemical composition, soil C and N content – by identifying non-destructive proxies involving little or no additional field sampling effort, or calculated from vegetation species composition.