Spatially-restricted plant material application creates colonization initials for flood-meadow restoration

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-219

  Burmeier, Sandra ^a   Eckstein, R Lutz ^a   Otte, Annette ^a   Donath, Tobias W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial grassland; Dispersal; Floodplain; Hay transfer; Seed traps; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; FLOOD; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIMITING FACTOR; MEADOW; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 78751591099     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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