Fertilization and overseeding legumes on native grasslands leads to a hardly reversible degraded state.

Diverse practices related to livestock intensification often have a deep impact on grassland diversity. Moreover, alternative degraded states that are hardly reversible can be observed, resulting in low-diversity communities, dominated by invasive alien species. Therefore, the need arises to understand aboveground vegetation dynamics in these communities, and the potential of the seed bank to revert this degradation.