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Other stakeholders than farmers contribute to diversify the management of (peri-)urban grasslands

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Peri-urban and urban grasslands can be managed by farmers but also by public structures or service companies that specialize in the maintenance of these areas. Each manager has specific objectives but faced with the biodiversity crisis, these practices are changing. This study explores the diversity of management practices on grassland areas in urban and peri-urban areas according to the type of stakeholder involved. We surveyed 26 stakeholders (11 farmers, 7 public structures and 8 private actors outside agriculture) managing grassland areas in and around the city of Angers, France. The survey explores mainly grazing and mowing practices. A multiple correspondence analysis and a hierarchical ascending classification defined eight groups of management of (peri-)urban grasslands: three groups of mown-only grasslands, two groups that were grazed exclusively, two groups with both grazing and mowing, and finally, unmanaged grassland. The different types of managers have preferential management practices: public structures prefer summer mowing; farmers often have a mixed use of grasslands and do not often have grazing all year round, unlike private non-agricultural companies. However, all the stakeholders implement a diversity of management methods for their plots and the diversity of grassland management is higher when considering stakeholders other than farmers. The next step is to evaluate how this diversity of management could influence the floristic biodiversity of (peri-)urban grasslands.
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hal-03811114 , version 1 (11-10-2022)

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Gilles Martel, Adeline Bulot, Véronique Beaujouan, C. Moinardeau, Hervé Daniel. Other stakeholders than farmers contribute to diversify the management of (peri-)urban grasslands. 29th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Jun 2022, Caen, France. pp.29-31. ⟨hal-03811114⟩
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