Restoration of hay meadows on ex-arable land: Commercial seed mixtures vs. spontaneous succession

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-271

  Lencova K ^a,b   Prach, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Administration of the umava National Park   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agriculture management; Grassland; Rate of succession; Species pool; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HAY; MEADOW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOWING; SPECIES POOL; SUCCESSION; TIMESCALE;

EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79955523238     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2011.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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