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9. How do pre-sowing disturbance and post-establishment management affect restoration progress in ex-arable calcareous grassland?

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Hopkins, A., Collins, R.P., Fraser, M.D., King, V.R., Lloyd, D.C., Moorby, J.M., Robson, P.R.H., Wagner, M., Bullock, J.M., Meek, W.R., Walker, K.J., Stevens, C.J., Heard, M.S., Pywell, R.F., Hopkins, A., Collins, R.P., Fraser, M.D., King, V.R., Lloyd, D.C., Moorby, J.M., Robson, P.R.H., Wagner, M., Bullock, J.M., Meek, W.R., Walker, K.J., Stevens, C.J., Heard, M.S., and Pywell, R.F.

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Restoration of semi-natural calcareous grassland needs to overcome dispersal limitation and microsite limitation. The effectiveness of sowing a mix of ten target species in combination with various pre-sowing disturbance techniques and post-establishment management regimes in overcoming these limitations, and in promoting vegetation change towards the restoration target was tested in a field experiment. Our results illustrate the importance of bare ground for introducing target species of calcareous grassland into species-poor grassland, and the slowness of colonisation by additional target species from outside even when a site is situated close to high-quality grassland that could serve as source for additional target species.

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2014

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