Effects of topsoil removal, seed transfer with plant material and moderate grazing on restoration of riparian fen grasslands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-460

  Rasran, L ^a   Vogt, K ^a   Jensen, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Dispersal; Hay transfer; Peat; Seed bank; Seed limitation; Species rich hay material; Three factorial field experiment

Indexed keywords

RHINANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS;

EID: 46049108974     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2007.tb00444.x     Document Type: Article

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