Question: Can seeds in the seed bank be considered as a potential source of material for
the restoration of European plant communities including forest, marsh, grassland and …

The relationship between above and belowground species composition has been
researched in forests, grasslands, and wetlands to understand what mechanisms control …

Plantations are established for a variety of reasons including wood production, soil and
water conservation, and more recently, carbon sequestration. The effect of this growing land …

Aim Planted forests are becoming increasingly common world‐wide for a variety of reasons,
including water conservation and carbon sequestration, although the effects of tree …

Remote sensing, when used in conjunction with landscape pattern metrics, is a powerful
method for the study of ecological dynamics at the landscape scale by means of multi …

Calcareous grasslands, most of which are man made and therefore depend on some kind of
human interference for their maintenance, are among the most species-rich communities on …

Colonial encounters with tropical ecosystems were primarily driven by profit-oriented
management practices; witness the extensive network of timber and forestry practices that …

Questions What is the overall restoration potential of the persistent soil seed bank of
abandoned alvar grassland sites? To what degree does the share of characteristic alvar …

The success of calcareous grassland recreation following abandonment depends to a large
extent on the composition of the soil seed bank. We studied the species richness and …

The soil seed bank can be an important source for vegetation regeneration, and data on the
similarity between aboveground vegetation and the seed bank can provide information …