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Long-term vegetation dynamics of a site at the foot of the Bükk Mountains (Northern Medium Mountains, Hungary; E 20°34’40”, N47°53’40”) has been monitored since 1979 using permanent plots and repeated vegetation mapping. Grazing was abandoned at the site in the late 1970's thus the monitoring followed the natural process following abandonments. Thanks to the rich propagule sources in the area the succession proceeded towards the potential vegetation, i.e. a forest steppe. While the regeneration has been documented in several papers, a low intensity monitoring is continued to document dynamics and possible changes e.g. induced by climate change.
A photograph from the site from 2008.
Publications from the site:
Somodi I, Vadkerti A, Tesitel J (2018): Thesium linophyllon parasitizes and suppresses expansive Calamagrostis epigejos. Plant Biology 20(4): 759–764.
Somodi I, Virágh K, Miklós I (2011): A Bayesian MCMC approach to reconstruct spatial vegetation dynamics from sparse vegetation maps. Landscape Ecology 26(6): 805–822.
Somodi I, Virágh K, Székely B, Zimmermann NE (2010): Changes in predictor influence with time and with vegetation type identity in a post-abandonment situation. Basic and Applied Ecology 11(3): 225–233.
Somodi I, Virágh K, Podani J (2008): The effect of the expansion of the clonal grass Calamagrostis epigejos on the species turnover of a semi-arid grassland. Applied Vegetation Science 11(2): 187–194.
Somodi I, Virágh K, Aszalós R (2004): The effects of the abandonment of grazing on the mosaic of vegetation patches in a temperate grassland area in Hungary. Ecological Complexity 1(2): 177–189.
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