The impact of grazing on mountain vegetation and the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont Hvussu seyðabit ávirkar fjallavøkstur og arbuskul sopprót
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Abstract
Abstract
In 2000 an enclosure experiment was established at one lowland ( 70 m a.s.l ) and one alpine (600 m a.s.l.) site in the Faroe Islands. After five years of enclosure, significant increases were seen in vegetation biomass at both altitudes as both the cover and vegetation height increased. Five species changed their abundance significantly. Only minor changes of species loss and gain were seen. Palatable grasses increased their abundance in enclosed plots, both at the lowland and the alpine site.
Roots from Agrostis capillaris were examined for arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonisation, and the colonisation found to be greater at grazed plots. The plant species that had a significantly negative response to grazing were typically classified as normally mycorrhizal, while species that proliferated in grazed plots were either classified as rarely mycorrhizal or as less
palatable.
Úrtak
Í 2000 varð farið undir at kanna gróður við at seta girðingar upp til at halda seyði burtur. Ein girðing var gjørd í láglendi (70 m oman sjóvar) og ein í hálendi (600 m oman sjóvar). Tá ið fimm ár vóru liðin, var greitt, at plantunøgdin var størri innan fyri girðingarnar; tað sást bæði á hæddini á plantunum og gróðrarlagnum. Títtleikin hjá fimm plantusløgum broyttist
munandi, men eingin týðiligur munur kom á plantusamansetingina orsakað av girðingini. Meira av grøsum, sum seyði dámar at bíta, vóru inni í girðingunum. Hetta hendi bæði í láglendi og hálendi.
Røtur á vanligum fínagrasi (Agrostis capillaris) vórðu kannaðar fyri arbuskul-sopprót, og nøgdin av sopprót var størri uttan fyri girðingarnar, har sum bit er. Tey plantusløgini, sum minkaðu munandi í títtleika, tá ið tey vórðu bitin, vórðu slík, sum vanliga hava sopprót, og tey sløg, sum tóku seg fram uttan fyri girðingarnar, hava annaðhvørt ikki vanliga nakað serligt av sopprót, ella eru ikki serliga átulig hjá seyði.
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