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Planting sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) at Ahornboden in the Karwendel
The winner of the Karwendalmarsch race, Thomas Roach, won the unique prize of planting his own sycamore tree in this cultural beauty spot. Natural regeneration in these montane meadows is not possible due to cattle grazing.
Grazing Livestock and not climate shaped the subalpine and alpine plant diversity since the Bronze Age
Ancient sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA) extruded from 14 subalpine and alpine lakes in Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland contained DNA from over 600 plant species and more than 10 mammal (wild and livestock) species, and revealed that livestock grazing and not so much climatic factors were responsible for the development of today’s flora and its diversity since 2000 BC.
Evolution of woodrushes (Luzula sect. Luzula)
Complex evolution of woodrushes deciphered
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