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- Title
Ecological perspectives for the restoration of plant communities in European temperate forests .
- Authors
Honnay, O.; Bossuyt, B.; Verheyen, K.; Butaye, J.; Jacquemyn, H.; Hermy, M.
- Abstract
Presents various ecological perspectives for the restoration of plant communities in European temperate forests. Afforestation efforts in western Europe; Focus on the colonization ability of forest plant species and particularly on so-called ancient forest plant species; Duration and intensity of the historical land use; How disturbances in the recent forest should be minimized to maintain a high canopy closure level; Germination of species from the soil seed bank.
- Subjects
EUROPE; PLANT colonization; FORESTS &; forestry; LAND use; TEMPERATE climate; PLANT species; PLANT classification
- Publication
Biodiversity & Conservation, 2002, Vol 11, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
0960-3115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1014531011060