Spontaneous vegetation succession in gravel-sand pits: A potential for restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Řehounková, Klára ^a   Prach, Karel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alien species; Gravel sand pits; Restoration; Species pool; Spontaneous succession; Target species; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GRAVEL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES POOL; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 44349103613     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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