Past and present management influences the seed bank and seed rain in a rural landscape mosaic

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1278-1285

  Auffret, Alistair G ^a   Cousins, Sara A O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Biodiversity; Co correspondence analysis; Conservation; Dispersal; Former arable fields; Land use history; Mid field islet; Restoration; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; GAP DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; PROPAGULE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80052797116     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02019.x     Document Type: Article

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