Restoration of floodplain meadows: Effects on the re-establishment of mosses.

ABSTRACT: Vascular plants serve as target species for the evaluation of restoration success as they account for most of the plant species diversity and vegetation cover. Although bryophytes contribute considerably to the species diversity of meadows, they are rarely addressed in restoration projects. This project is a first step toward making recommendations for including mosses in alluvial floodplain restoration projects. The opportunity to assess the diversity and ecological requirements of mosses on floodplain meadows presented itself within the framework of a vegetation monitoring that took place in 2014 on meadows located along the northern Upper Rhine. In this area, large-scale meadow restoration projects have taken place since 1997 in both the functional and fossil floodplains. Other studies

SUBMITTER: Michalska-Hejduk D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725158 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature