Restoration of magnesian limestone grassland: Optimizing the time for seed collection by vacuum harvesting

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-317

  Riley, James D ^a   Craft, Ian W ^a   Rimmer, David L ^a   Smith, Roger S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germination tests; Magnesian limestone grassland; Phenology; Restoration; Revegetation; Seed collection; Sesleria caerulea; Vacuum harvester

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; LIMESTONE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRIZA; BRIZA MEDIA; FESTUCA; OVIS ARIES; SESLERIA CAERULEA;

EID: 4644298488     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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