Restoring oak forests through direct seeding or planting: Protocol for a continental-scale experiment.

ABSTRACT: The choice of revegetating via direct seeding or planting nursery-grown seedlings influences the potential stresses suffered by seedlings such as herbivory and drought. The outcome of the balance between both revegetation methods may ultimately depend on how species identity and traits such as seed and seedling size interact with environmental conditions. To test this, we will conduct a continental-scale experiment consisting of one mini-experiment replicated by multiple participants across Europe. Each participant will establish a site with seeded and planted individuals of one or more native, locally growing oak (Quercus) species; the selection of this genus aims to favour continental-scale participation and to allow testing the response of a widely distributed genus of broad ecological

SUBMITTER: Leverkus AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568285 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature