Editorial article: Restoration, succession and climatic change

WILSON, JB; WHITE, PS; BAKKER, JP; DÍAZ, S

APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Opulus Press

Año: 2004 vol. 7 p. 151 - 152

1402-2001

Two outstanding papers on restoration and succession are  briefly discussed as model papers for the type of research  papers Appl. Veg. Sci. should publish. The paper on restoration  concentrates on the introduction of hay to a site in order to  speed up the introduction of target species. The paper on  succession discusses the importance of plant colonization  ?windows? opened by extreme weather events for succession  and for offering optimum periods for intervention in restoration  practice.  Some remarks are also made on the electronic availability  of ecology papers.  by the introduction of hay, including seeds,  from reference sites harbouring the target communities.  A comparison was made with control sites, and with  others in which the top soil had been removed down 50  cm. The latter treatment was very effective in reducing  nutrient availability to the same level as in the reference  sites. It also reduced the viable seed bank of non-target  species such as arable weeds and resident grassland  species. The re-establishment of target species from hay