Agricultural productivity depends, in part, on pollinator populations from adjacent seminatural habitats.
TRI ATMOWIDI, DAMAYANTI BUCHORI, SJAFRIDA MANUWOTO, BAMBANG SURYOBROTO, PURNAMAHIDAYAT 2007, 'Diversity of Pollinator Insects in Relation to Seed Set of Mustard (Brassica rapaL.: Cruciferae)', Hayati Journal of Bioscienceshttp://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/hayati/article/viewFile/258/124. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Seminatural grasslands are maintained by regular anthropogenic disturbance, usually grazing or mowing.
Tommy Lennartsson, Jörgen Wissman, Hanna-Märtha Bergström 2012, 'The Effect of Timing of Grassland Management on Plant Reproduction', International Journal of Ecologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/156274. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Very promising results were also obtained in a seminatural environment.
Marcia Weinzettl, Pedro Jurberg 1990, 'Biological control of Biomphalaria tenagophila (Mollusca, Planorbidae), a schistosomiasisvector, using the fish Geophagus brasiliensis (Pisces, Cichlidae) in the laboratoryor in a seminatural environment', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761990000100005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Natural and seminatural functional groups did not behave as expected.
Bernardo Rocha, Pedro Pinho, Joana Vieira, Cristina Branquinho, Paula Matos 2019, 'Testing the Poleotolerance Lichen Response Trait as an Indicator of Anthropic Disturbancein an Urban Environment', Diversityhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/4/55. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study contributes to knowledge about the modes of seed dispersal in seminatural grasslands.
Kaligarič Mitja, Brecl Jožica, Škornik Sonja 2016, 'High potential of sub-Mediterranean dry grasslands for sheep epizoochory', Open Life Scienceshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biol.2016.11.issue-1/biol-2016-0023/biol-2016-0023.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
37 invasive species were identified, many of them recorded in natural or seminatural places.
Anastasiu Paulina, Negrean Gavril, Daniela Smarandache, Liţescu Sanda, Basnou Corina 2014, 'Neophytes In Protected Areas. Case Study: The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve', Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensishttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ahbb.2014.41.issue-1/ahbb-2014-0003/ahbb-2014-0003.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The pastures of the park are species‐rich seminatural grasslands.
Stephen J. G. Hall, Robert G. H. Bunce 2019, 'The use of cattle Bos taurus for restoring and maintaining holarctic landscapes: Conclusionsfrom a long‐term study (1946–2017) in northern England', Ecology and Evolutionhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5169. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Few studies, however, address changes likely to affect services from seminatural ecosystems.
Roland Jansson, Christer Nilsson, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Tatiana Vlasova, Marja-LiisaSutinen, Jon Moen, F. Stuart Chapin III, Kari Anne Bråthen, Mar Cabeza, Terry V. Callaghan,Bob van Oort, Halvor Dannevig, Ingrid A. Bay-larsen, Rolf A. Ims, Paul Eric Aspholm 2015, 'Future changes in the supply of goods and services from natural ecosystems: prospectsfor the European north', Ecology and Societyhttp://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art32/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)