Are seed and dispersal characteristics of plants capableof predicting colonization of post-mining sites?

0465786 - BÚ 2017 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Horáčková, M. - Řehounková, K. - Prach, Karel
Are seed and dispersal characteristics of plants capableof predicting colonization of post-mining sites?
Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Roč. 23, č. 14 (2016), s. 13617-13625. ISSN 0944-1344. E-ISSN 1614-7499
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/0256
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : species traits * succession * sandpits
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 2.741, year: 2016

The results indicate that seed characteristics can predict to a certain degree spontaneous vegetation succession, i.e., passive restoration, in the mining sites. A screening of species available in the given landscape (regional and local species pools) may help to identify those species which would potentially colonize the disturbed sites. Extensive databases of species traits, nowadays available for the Central European flora, enable such screening.
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