Covering bare ground suppresses unwanted willows and aids a fen meadow restoration in Switzerland

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Suter, Matthias ^a   Prohaska, Christine ^a   Ramseier, Dieter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fen meadow restoration; Plastic cover; Sowing time; Straw cover; Tilling; Willow suppression

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; SALIX; SALIX CAPREA;

EID: 33845341085     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.24.4.250     Document Type: Article

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