Urban grassland restoration: Which plant traits make desired species successful colonizers?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-285

  Fischer, Leonie K ^a   Von der Lippe, M ^a   Kowarik, Ingo ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Human mediated disturbance; Mycorrhizal treatment; Novel urban ecosystem; Plant height; Ruderal vegetation; Seeding; Specific leaf area SLA; Urban meadow community; Urban wasteland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874705751     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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