Influence of seed mixture and hydrological regime on the establishment of a diverse grassland sward at a site with high phosphorus availability

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 424-435

  Gilbert, Joanne C ^a   Gowing, David J G ^b   Bullock, Richard J ^c  

^a Society for the Protection of Birds   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Available phosphorus; Grassland restoration; Hydrology; Seed mixtures; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ALOPECURUS; ALOPECURUS GENICULATUS; CALTHA; CALTHA PALUSTRIS; CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0347658815     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.rec0151.x     Document Type: Article

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