Establishment and persistence of target species in newly created calcareous grasslands on former arable fields

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-48

  Kiehl, Kathrin ^a   Pfadenhauer, Jörg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient grassland; Dry grassland; Restoration; Soil removal; Species introduction; Target species

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HAY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; PERSISTENCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34250668411     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9164-x     Document Type: Article

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