Restoration of a species-rich flood meadow by topsoil removal and diaspore transfer with plant material

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-140

  Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cnidion; Dispersal limitation; Grassland; Molinion; Nature conservation; Path analysis; Seed bank; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

CNIDION; MOLINION;

EID: 19244380584     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00573.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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