The influence of time on the soil seed bank and vegetation across a landscape-scale wetland restoration project

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-112

  Stroh, Peter A ^a   Hughes, Francine M R ^a   Sparks, Tim H ^b   Mountford, J Owen ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fen; Lateral vegetative spread; Natural regeneration; Plant traits; Restoration; Seed bank; Standing vegetation; Wetland; Wicken Fen

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LANDSCAPE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WICKEN FEN;

EID: 84855461795     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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