Restoration of species-rich limestone grassland communities from overgrown land: The importance of propagule availability

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-286

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Kalamees, Rein ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a   Rosén, Ejvind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alvar; Community management; Dispersal; Grassland restorations; Species pool; Succession; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLEAR-CUTTING; GRAZING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0344074040     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(98)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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