Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (Nov 2019)

Xerothermic pavements – a meadow biodiversity richness. Jaworzno case study

  • Boroń Marta,
  • Ociepińska Małgorzata,
  • Żeber-Dzikowska Ilona,
  • Gworek Barbara,
  • Kondzielski Igor,
  • Chmielewski Jarosław

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2019-0014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 3
pp. 29 – 34

Abstract

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Xerothermic pavements are plant communities located in sunny and dry sites, comprising many protected and valuable species. In Poland, thermophilic pavements occur in fragmentary patches, and because they are semi-natural communities, they require active protection. Several sites covered by pavements occur in Jaworzno town; the main threat posed on them, that is, overgrowing by bushes and trees, is removed naturally. The town authorities have decided to support sheep grazing, due to which biodiversity of xerothermic pavements is maintained and local sustainable farming is reinforced.

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