The effect of a complex land use history on the restoration possibilities of heathland in central Belgium

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-40

  Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^b   Honnay, Olivier ^b   Van Stichelen, Kristof ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b   Van Assche, Jozef ^b  

^a SORESMA NV   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heathland restoration; Historical land use; Seed bank; Target species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035624621     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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