Combining bioenergy and nature conservation: An example in wetlands

I Melts, M Ivask, M Geetha, K Takeuchi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Conservation and restoration are crucial to maintaining a wide range of functions and
services in wetlands, but it is difficult to find a reasonable and resource-efficient …

Anaerobic digestion of wetland biomass from conservation management for biogas production

S Roj-Rojewski, A Wysocka-Czubaszek… - Biomass and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we examined the biogas and methane production of wetland plants species
harvested in the Narew River Valley protected as national park, NE Poland. In the …

Conservation and restoration of Central European fens by mowing: A consensus from 20 years of experimental work

P Hájková, V Horsáková, T Peterka, Š Janeček… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
While the importance of conservation mowing for mesic grasslands is generally accepted, its
use for fens and fen grasslands interspersed within agricultural land is still controversial …

Mowing may bring about vegetation change, but its effect is strongly modified by hydrological factors

A Kołos, P Banaszuk - Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2018 - Springer
We assessed the effect of long-term (11 years) mowing with a hand scythe on the
distributions of plant species and species turnover within meadow communities dominated …

[HTML][HTML] Are agri-environmental schemes doing their job? Evidence from Biebrza National Park, Poland

J Sucholas, Z Molnár, Ł Łuczaj, R Luick, P Poschlod - Land Use Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Biebrza Valley is one of the largest wetland ecosystems in Central Europe to
host species of convervation relevance, and features a strongly biocultural character. The …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of long-term changes in inundation characteristics of near-natural temperate riparian habitats in the Lower Basin of the Biebrza Valley, Poland

M Grygoruk, K Kochanek… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Northeast Poland, Biebrza Basin. Study focus Studying reference
ecosystems and their specific features provides information to be used as background …

Too wet and too dry? Uncertainty of DEM as a potential source of significant errors in a model-based water level assessment in riparian and mire ecosystems

D Mirosław-Świątek, A Kiczko… - Wetlands Ecology and …, 2017 - Springer
Modelling groundwater depths in floodplains and peatlands remains a basic approach to
assessing hydrological conditions of habitats. Groundwater flow models used to compute …

Developing an algorithm for enhancement of a digital terrain model for a densely vegetated floodplain wetland

D Mirosław-Świątek… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Airborne laser scanning survey data were conducted with a scanning density of 4 points/m 2
to accurately map the surface of a unique central European complex of wetlands: the lower …

Can we effectively stop the expansion of trees on wetlands? Results of a birch removal experiment

AK Kamocki, A Kołos, P Banaszuk - Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2017 - Springer
The main aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of removing invasive downy
birch in non-forest peatland applying a single cut. We tested whether the removal of birch …

Removal of European alder Alnus glutinosa—An active method of mire conservation

AK Kamocki, P Banaszuk, A Kołos - Ecological Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Tree-less peatland communities can subject to vegetative succession, which often
progresses toward a recovery of woodland or forest dominated by Salix, Betula or Alnus …