TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ranđelović, Dragana
AU  - Jakovljević, Ksenija
AU  - Šinžar-Sekulić, Jasmina
AU  - Kuzmič, Filip
AU  - Šilc, Urban
PY  - 2024
UR  - https://ritnms.itnms.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1257
AB  - Ruderal plants are an important component of plant communities that develop on the range of anthropogenically degraded lands. Yet they were highly neglected and not recognised as desirable for restoration purposes. The aim of this study was to analyse the potential for using ruderal species in restoration processes and to identify preliminary criteria for species selection that could be included in ecological restoration of degraded man-made habitats under future conditions of increased human disturbance and climate changes. The desirable characteristics of the species depend primarily on the type of habitat to be restored, with plant height, specific leaf area, rooting depth and seed characteristics being the most important traits. The recognised ecosystem services of the species analysed show that the provisioning and regulating services are well represented, particularly erosion control, pollination, phytoremediation and other soil quality improvements. Most of the dominant and diagnostic ruderal species from the man-made habitats of the north-western Balkan Peninsula are sensitive to climate change and their potential distribution range is expected to decrease at the European scale. Higher certain ecological indicator values, as well as values for disturbance severity, frequency and soil disturbance indices were found for species that are expected to increase their range. Ruderal species are becoming increasingly important for restoration purposes, as the focus shifts to the significance of early successional species. The inclusion of ruderal species in the restoration of degraded sites should be based on criteria such as: non-invasiveness, plant traits favourable for colonisation (height, SLA, seed traits, rooting depth), values of ecological and disturbance indices, provision of ecosystem services, and change of distribution range under changing climate conditions.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Science of The Total Environment
T1  - Recognising the role of ruderal species in restoration of degraded lands
IS  - 173104
VL  - 938
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173104
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Ranđelović, Dragana and Jakovljević, Ksenija and Šinžar-Sekulić, Jasmina and Kuzmič, Filip and Šilc, Urban",
year = "2024",
abstract = "Ruderal plants are an important component of plant communities that develop on the range of anthropogenically degraded lands. Yet they were highly neglected and not recognised as desirable for restoration purposes. The aim of this study was to analyse the potential for using ruderal species in restoration processes and to identify preliminary criteria for species selection that could be included in ecological restoration of degraded man-made habitats under future conditions of increased human disturbance and climate changes. The desirable characteristics of the species depend primarily on the type of habitat to be restored, with plant height, specific leaf area, rooting depth and seed characteristics being the most important traits. The recognised ecosystem services of the species analysed show that the provisioning and regulating services are well represented, particularly erosion control, pollination, phytoremediation and other soil quality improvements. Most of the dominant and diagnostic ruderal species from the man-made habitats of the north-western Balkan Peninsula are sensitive to climate change and their potential distribution range is expected to decrease at the European scale. Higher certain ecological indicator values, as well as values for disturbance severity, frequency and soil disturbance indices were found for species that are expected to increase their range. Ruderal species are becoming increasingly important for restoration purposes, as the focus shifts to the significance of early successional species. The inclusion of ruderal species in the restoration of degraded sites should be based on criteria such as: non-invasiveness, plant traits favourable for colonisation (height, SLA, seed traits, rooting depth), values of ecological and disturbance indices, provision of ecosystem services, and change of distribution range under changing climate conditions.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Science of The Total Environment",
title = "Recognising the role of ruderal species in restoration of degraded lands",
number = "173104",
volume = "938",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173104"
}

Ranđelović, D., Jakovljević, K., Šinžar-Sekulić, J., Kuzmič, F.,& Šilc, U.. (2024). Recognising the role of ruderal species in restoration of degraded lands. in Science of The Total Environment
Elsevier., 938(173104).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173104

Ranđelović D, Jakovljević K, Šinžar-Sekulić J, Kuzmič F, Šilc U. Recognising the role of ruderal species in restoration of degraded lands. in Science of The Total Environment. 2024;938(173104).
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173104 .

Ranđelović, Dragana, Jakovljević, Ksenija, Šinžar-Sekulić, Jasmina, Kuzmič, Filip, Šilc, Urban, "Recognising the role of ruderal species in restoration of degraded lands" in Science of The Total Environment, 938, no. 173104 (2024),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173104 . .