Large-Scale Restoration of Dry Grasslands on Ex-Arable Land Using a Regional Seed Mixture: Establishment of Target Species

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-39

  Prach, Karel ^a,b   Jongepierová, Ivana ^c,d   Řehounková, Klára ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area   (Czech Republic)

^d Local Chapter Bílé Karpaty ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

grassland restoration; regional seed mixture; species diversity; target species; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; ARID REGION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; WHITE CARPATHIANS PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84872683491     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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