Decreasing the abundance of juncus effusus on former agricultural lands with noncalcareous sandy soils: Possible effects of liming and soil removal

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   Lucassen, Esther C H E T ^a   van der Aalst, Martijn ^a   Lamers, Leon P M ^a   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Ecological restoration; Juncus effusus; Liming; Olsen P; Phosphorus; Topsoil removal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT CREATION; LAND USE; LIMING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SANDY SOIL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

JUNCUS EFFUSUS;

EID: 44349124524     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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