Succession of floodplain grasslands following reduction in land use intensity: The importance of environmental conditions, management and dispersal

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Bischoff, Armin ^a,b   Warthemann, Guido ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal limitation; Grassland restoration; River valley; Serratula tinctoria; Silaum silaus; Species pool

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODPLAIN; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

SERRATULA TINCTORIA; SILAUM SILAUS;

EID: 58249116664     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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