Restoring grassland biodiversity: Sowing low-diversity seed mixtures can lead to rapid favourable changes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 806-812

  Török, Péter ^a   Deák, Balázs ^b   Vida, Eniko ^a   Valkó, Orsolya ^a   Lengyel, Szabolcs ^a   Tóthmérész, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Habitat restoration; Old field succession; Phytomass production; Short grass steppe; Species richness; Tall grass prairie

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALFALFA; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOWING; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOMASS; PRAIRIE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SET-ASIDE; SOWING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WEED;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE;

EID: 76449103407     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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