Mid- and long-term responses of land snail communities to the intensification of mountain hay meadows management.
Gerard Martínez-De LeónLauriane DaniAline Hayoz-AndreySégolène Humann-GuilleminotRaphaël ArlettazJean-Yves HumbertPublished in: BMC ecology and evolution (2022)
Despite the fact that xerophilous snails appear tolerant to management intensification, we found that several drought-sensitive species are lost in the long term. We conclude that the preservation of species-rich land snail communities in mountain hay meadows requires the conservation and restoration of low-input grasslands on basic soils for preventing further species losses of gastropod fauna.