期刊
BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 285-299出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.12.004
关键词
Local provenance; Seeding; Hay transfer; Soil translocation; Topsoil removal; Ex-arable fields; Seed mixture; Habitat transfer; Review
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资金
- CADSES
- E.U.
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
- German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- German Federal Ministry of Environment
- State of Saxony-Anhalt
- Heideflachenverein Munchener Norden e.V.
- Lusatian and Central German Lignite Mining Company
During recent decades, many studies have shown that the successful restoration of species-rich grasslands is often seed-limited because of depleted seed banks and limited seed dispersal in modern fragmented landscapes. In Europe, commercial seed mixtures, which are widely used for restoration measures, mostly consist of species and varieties of non-local provenance. The regional biodiversity of a given landscape, however, can be preserved only when seeds or plants of local provenance are used in restoration projects. Furthermore, the transfer of suitable target species of local provenance can strongly enhance restoration success. We review and evaluate the success of currently used near-natural methods for the introduction of target plant species (e.g. seeding of site-specific seed mixtures, transfer of fresh seed-containing hay, vacuum harvesting, transfer of turves or seed-containing soil) on restoration sites, ranging from dry and mesic meadows to floodplain grasslands and fens. Own data combined with literature findings show species establishment rates during the initial phase as well as the persistence of target species during long-term vegetation development on restoration sites. In conclusion, our review indicates that seed limitation can be overcome successfully by most of the reviewed measures for species introduction. The establishment of species-rich grasslands is most successful when seeds, seed-containing plant material or soil are spread on bare soil of ex-arable fields after tilling or topsoil removal, or on raw soils, e.g. in mined areas. In species-poor grasslands without soil disturbance and on older ex-arable fields with dense weed vegetation, final transfer rates were the lowest. For future restoration projects, suitable measures have to be chosen carefully from case to case as they differ considerably in costs and logistic effort. Long-term prospects for restored grassland are especially good when management can be incorporated in agricultural systems.
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