Management effects on the vegetation and soil seed bank of calcareous grasslands: An 11-year experiment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Mechelen, Carmen Van ^a   Brys, Rein ^b   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Grassland management; Restoration; Seed bank; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOWING; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

BELGIUM;

FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 78751571021     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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