Recovery of native grass biodiversity by sowing on former croplands: Is weed suppression a feasible goal for grassland restoration?

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-48

  Török, Péter ^a   Miglécz, Tamás ^a   Valkó, Orsolya ^a   Kelemen, András ^a   Deák, Balázs ^b   Lengyel, Szabolcs ^a   Tóthmérész, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cropland; Establishment success; Plant trait; Seed sowing; Succession; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; GERMINATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MOWING; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SOWING; SUCCESSION; WEED;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

AGROPYRON; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; HELIANTHUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE;

EID: 84856619026     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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