Potential for restoring grassland plant species on an abandoned forested Miscanthus grassland using the soil seed bank as a seed source

Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-97

  Koyanagi, Tomoyo ^a   Kusumoto, Yoshinobu ^a   Yamamoto, Shori ^a   Okubo, Satoru ^b   Kitagawa, Yoshiko ^b   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term persistent seed bank; Mowing experiment; Plant reproductive traits; Semi natural grassland; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 79959435963     PISSN: 13424327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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