Project:BB|1531

Title
Plant species and soil dynamics across ancient-recent forest ecotones: consequences for ecological restoration
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StartDate
1996-10-01
EndDate
2001-09-01
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Abstract

Keywords

understorey layer, soil dynamics, seed bank, colonization, seed dispersal, seed dispersion, forest ecotones, ecological restoration, ecology, terrestrial, botany, mapping, distribution, floristics, forestry, nature management, nature conservation, Ecology, Habitat management, restoration, Forests, Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, Geology and sedimentology, Pristine and relic forests, W-Europe, Belgium, Meerdaalforest, vascular plants

Classifications

Belgium {Geographical scope}
Forest {Habitat type}

Orgunits

Name Role Start End
Department of Land Management and Economics unknown

Publications

Reference Role
Bossuyt B., Deckers J. & Hermy M., 1999. A field methodology for assessing man-made disturbance in forest soils developed in loess. Soil Use and Management 15, 14-20. author
Bossuyt B., Hermy M. & Deckers J., 1999. Migration of herbaceous plant species across ancient-recent forest ecotones in central Belgium. Journal of Ecology 87, 628-638. author
Bossuyt B., Diels J. & Deckers J., 1999. Changes following cultivation and reforestation of loess soils in central Belgium: consequences for future land use. The Land 3, 151-166. author
Bossuyt B. & Hermy M., 2000. Restoration of the understorey layer of recent forest bordering ancient forest. Applied Vegetation Science 3. 43-50. author
Bossuyt B., & Hermy M., 2001. Influence of land use history on seed banks in European temperate forest ecosystems : a review. Ecography 24, 225-238. author
Bossuyt B., Heyn M. & Hermy M., 2000. Concentrating samples estimates a larger seed bank density of a forest soil. Functional Ecology 14, 766-768. author

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