New nature by sowing? The current state of species introduction in grassland restoration, and the road ahead

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-308

  Hedberg, Petter ^a   Kotowski, Wiktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Community; Community assembly; Diaspore transfer; Dispersal limitation; Functional diversity; Hay transfer; Review; Seed transfer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIASPORE; DISPERSAL; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HAY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 77956426172     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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