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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Stockey, Andreas |
Author Affiliation: | Unit of Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Germany |
Title: | Seed mixture composition attached to natural vegetation establishment (part II): The experimental test of the SES-Concept |
Article Series: | Seed mixture composition attached to natural vegetation establishment [SES-concept] |
Source: | Rasen-Turf-Gazon. Vol. 24, No. 2, June 1993, p. 32-40. |
Publishing Information: | Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany: Hortus Verlag |
# of Pages: | 9 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Seed mixtures; Vegetative establishment; Stand development; Site factors; Seed harvesting; Restoration; Biomass
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Abstract/Contents: | "Results of a three year experimental test of the SES-Concept of seed mixture composition (sensu STOCKEY 1992) are shown. The aim was to examine the establishment and succession of a whole plant community initiated by sowings under controlled and controlled manipulated site conditions. Therefore a sowing experiment in a "Mesocosm" (ODUM 1984; CAMPBELL et al. 1991) was carried out. It is shown that the seed mixture composition has a strong effect on the composition of vegetation. In addition to the selection of species, the total amount of seeds and especially the proportional composition in the mixture has a strong influence on the establishment success of subordinant species and consequently on the diversity of the vegetation established from sowings. Since the establishment phase is very important for subsequent years of succession the seed mixture has a very long lasting effect on vegetation composition. Thus beside other important factors (site condition like disturbance or stress) the moulding of vegetation establishment and succession is determined by the "Initial Floristic Composition"(EGLER 1954). It is also shown that the "CSR-Establishment-Strategy-Theory" (GRIME 1979) facilitates the relevant information to inroduce the competitive capacity of species into the procedure of seedmoisture composition in order to improve the establishment success of subordinant species. Thus evidence is given for the utility of the SES-Concept of seed mixture composition (STOCKEY 1992) to promote the diversity of near-natural vegetation which was initiated by sowings." |
Language: | English |
References: | 34 |
See Also: | See also part 1: "Seed mixture composition attached to natural vegetation establishment (part I): The SES-(Stand Establishment-Succession)-Concept" Rasen-Turf-Gazon, 23(4) December 1992 1993, p. 100-102, 104-106 R = 34384 R=34384 |
Note: | Figures Tables Graphs Abstract appears in German, English, and French |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Stockey, A. 1993. Seed mixture composition attached to natural vegetation establishment (part II): The experimental test of the SES-Concept. Rasen Turf Gazon. 24(2):p. 32-40. |
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