Starvation

In soil science, starvation describes the reduction in the nutrient content of soils , for example by harvesting the vegetation of an area without subsequent fertilization.

The deliberately induced emaciation as part of the renaturation of an over-fertilized area is achieved in the area of environmental and nature protection by repeated mowing and removal of the clippings until the nutrient content of the soil has reached the natural, original level. Further fertilization (e.g. with nitrogen fertilizer) must be avoided. These measures allow the return of a species community that has been adapted to the original location and are used, for example, in wet meadow or dry grassland locations .

literature

• Gert Rosenthal among others: Wet grassland in Northern Germany. Ecology, condition, protection concepts. Results from the R&D project 80805084 of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (=  Applied Landscape Ecology . Issue 15). BfN-Schriften-Vertrieb in Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-89624-314-4 .

Web links

• Information on land requirements and how to deal with land in the development of rivers and lakes. (PDF 166 kB) In: Explanations on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Schleswig-Holstein. Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, October 22, 2008, p. 12 , accessed on June 13, 2010 .