Vegetation succession in restoration of disturbed sites in Central Europe: The direction of succession and species richness across 19 seres

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Prach, Karel ^a,b   Řehounková, Klára ^a,b   Lencová, Kamila ^a   Jírová, Alena ^a,b   Konvalinková, Petra ^a   Mudrák, Ondřej ^b   Študent, Vojtěch ^a   Vaněček, Zdeněk ^a   Tichý, Lubomír ^c   Petřík, Petr ^b   Šmilauer, Petr ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ordination; Restoration; Species number; Succession; Target species

Indexed keywords

SERES;

EID: 84896043037     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12064     Document Type: Article

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