Seed harvesting for ecological restoration: Efficiency of haymaking and seed-stripping on different grassland types in the eastern Italian alps

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-75

  Scotton, Michele ^a   Piccinin, Lisa ^a   Dainese, Matteo ^a   Sancin, Federica ^a  

^a AGRIPOLIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haymaking; Native species; Seed harvesting; Seed stripping; Seminatural grassland

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; AVENA; FESTUCA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 61849091925     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.27.1.66     Document Type: Article

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