Successful creation of species-rich grassland on road verges depend on various methods for seed transfer

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Nordbakken, J F ^a   Rydgren, K ^a   Auestad, I ^a   Austad, I ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Germination; Restoration; Secondary succession; Seed bank; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORWAY;

FESTUCA RUBRA; GALIUM; GALIUM VERUM; HELICTOTRICHON PUBESCENS; KNAUTIA ARVENSIS; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS VISCARIA; MYRRHIS ODORATA; PIMPINELLA SAXIFRAGA; POACEAE; SILENE; SILENE VULGARIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77951025111     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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