Restoration of grasslands on ex-arable land using regional and commercial seed mixtures and spontaneous succession: Successional trajectories and changes in species richness

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-136

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

^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

Dry grasslands; Restoration; Species diversity; Target species; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893813645     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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