Seed rain on alpine ski runs in Switzerland

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-216

  Urbanska, Krystyna M ^a   Fattorini, Marzio ^a   Thiele, Karin ^a   Pflugshaupt, Kaspar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Downhill ski run; Seed input; Seed rain; Seed shadow

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEED RAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033396870     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Ash H. J., Gemmel R. P. and Bradshaw A. D. 1994. The introduction of native plants species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 74-84.
2. Bayfield N. G. 1996. Long-term changes in colonization of bulldozed ski pistes at Cairn Gorm, Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 1359-1365.
3. Brown R. W., Johnston R. S. and Chambers J. C. 1984. Revegetation of alpine ecosystems disturbed by mining. Restoration and Management Notes 2: 83-84.
4. Chambers J. C. 1993. Seed and vegetation dynamics in an alpine herbfield: effects of disturbance type. Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 471-485.
5. Chambers J. C., MacMahon J. A. and Brown R. W. 1987. Germination characteristics of alpine grasses and forbs: a comparison of early and late seral dominants with reclamation potential. Reclamation and Revegetation Research 6: 235-249.
6. Cole D. N. and Hall T. E. 1992. Trends in campsite condition: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Bob Marshall Wilderness, and Grand Canyon National Park. USDA Forest Service, Research Paper INT-453: 1-40.
7. Delarze R. 1994. Dynamique de la végétation sur les pistes ensemencées de Crans-Montana (Valais, Suisse). Effects de l'altitude. Botanica Helvetica 104: 3-16.
8. Eriksson O. and Jakobsson A. 1998. Abundance, distribution and life histories of grassland plants: a comparative study of 81 species. Journal of Ecology 86: 922-933.
9. th High Altitude Revegetation Workhop. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Information Series 58: 93-119.
10. Fenner M. 1985. Seed ecology. Chapman and Hall, London, UK.
11. Florineth F. 1988. Versuche einer standortgerechten Begrünung von Erosionszonen über der Waldgrenze. Zeitschrift für Vegetationstechnik 11: 118-122.
12. Fort K. P. and Richards J. H. 1998. Does seed dispersal limit initiation of primary succession in desert playas? American Journal of Botany 85: 1722-1731.
13. Grieg Smith P. 1957. Quantitative plant ecology. London, Butterworth Scientific Publications.
14. Hess H., Landolt E. and Hirzel R. 1967-1972. Flora der Schweiz und angrenzender Gebiete. Basel, Birkhäuser.
15. Howe H. F. and Smallwood J. 1982. Ecology of seed dispersal. Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics 13:201-228.
16. th High Altitude Revegetation Workshop. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Information Series 59: 129-138.
17. Marchand, P. J. and Roach, D. A. 1980. Reproductive strategies of pioneering alpine species: seed production, dispersal and germination. Arctic and Alpine Research 12: 137-146.
18. Meisterhans E. 1988. Vegetationsentwicklung auf Skipistenplanierungen der alpinen Stufe bei Davos. Veröffentlichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes ETH Zürich Stiftung Rübel 97.
19. th High Altitude Revegetation Workshop. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Information Series 83: 282-299.
20. Müller-Schneider P. 1986. Verbreitungsbiologie der Blütenpflanzen Graubündens.Veröffentlichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes ETH Stiftung Rübel Zürich 85.
21. Olatunde Akinola M., Thompson K. and Buckland S. 1998. Soil seed bank of an upland calcareous grassland after 6 years of climate and management manipulations. Journal of Applied Ecology 35: 544-552.
22. Ryvarden L. 1971. Studies in seed dispersal. I. Trapping of diaspores in the alpine zone at Finse, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Botany 18: 215-226.
23. Spence J. R. 1990. Seed rain in grassland, herbfield, snowbank, and fellfield in the alpine zone, Craigieburn Range, South New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 439-450.
24. Stöcklin J. and Bäumler E. 1996. Seed rain, seed establishment and clonal growth strategies on a glacier foreland. Journal of Vegetation Science 7: 45-60.
25. Urbanska K. M. 1994. Ecological restoration above the timberline: demographic monitoring of whole trial plots in the Swiss Alps. Botanica Helvetica 104: 141-156.
26. Urbanska K. M. 1995a. Ecological restoration above the timberline and its demographic assessment. In: Urbanska K. M and Grodzinska K (eds.) Restoration Ecology in Europe, Geobotanical Institute ETH, Zürich, 15-36.
27. Urbanska K. M. 1995b. Biodiversity assessment in ecological restoration above the timberline. Biodiversity and Conservation 4: 679-695.
28. Urbanska K. M. 1997a. Safe sites - interface of plant population ecology and restoration ecology. In: Urbanska K. M., Webb N. R. and Edwards, P. J. (eds.) Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 81-110.
29. Urbanska K. M. 1997b. Restoration ecology research above the timberline: colonization of safety islands on a machine-graded alpine ski run. Biodiversity and Conservation 6: 1655-1670.
30. Urbanska K. M. 1997c. Restoration ecology of alpine and arctic areas: are the clasical concepts of niche and successsion directly applicable? Opera Botanica 132: 189-200.
31. Urbanska K. M. and Fattorini M. 1998a. Seed bank studies in the Swiss Alps. I. Un-restored ski run and the adjacent intact grassland at high elevation. Botanica Helvetica 108: 93-104.
32. Urbanska K. M. and Fattorini M. 1998b. Seed bank studies in the Swiss Alps: II. Restoration plots on a high-alpine ski run. Botanica Helvetica 108: 289-301.
33. th High Altitude Revegetation Workshop. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Information Series 71: 247-253.
34. Urbanska K. M. and Schütz M. 1986. Reproduction by seed in alpine plants and revegetation research above the timberline. Botanica Helvetica 96: 43-60.
35. Urbanska K. M., Hefti-Holenstein B. and Elmer G. 1987. Performance of some alpine grasses in single-tiller cloning experiments and in the subsequent revegetation trials above the timberline. Berichte des Geobotanischen Institutes ETH Zürich Stiftung Rübel 53: 64-90.
36. Urbanska K. M., Erdt S. and Fattorini M. 1998. Seed rain in natural grassland and adjacent ski run in the Swiss Alps: a preliminary report. Restoration Ecology 6: 159-165.
37. Urbanska K. M., Fattorini M., Pflugshaupt K., Faigle U. and Thiele K. Seed rain in high-altitude grassland in the Swiss Alps. Manuscript in preparation.
38. Vetterli L. 1982. Alpine Rasengesellschaften auf Silikatgestein bei Davos. Veröffentlichungen des Geobot. Institutes ETH Zürich 76.
39. th High Altitude Revegetation Workshop. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Information Series 63: 173-203.
40. Wood T. F. 1987. Methods for assessing relative risk of damage to soils and vegetation arising from winter sports development in the Scottish Highlands. Journal of Environmental Management 25: 253-270.
41. Zabinski C. A,. and Gannon J. E. 1997. Effects of recreational impacts on soil microbial communities. Environmental Management 21: 233-238.