Restoration of plant species diversity of ditch banks : ecological constraints and opportunities

Restoration of plant species diversity of ditch banks : ecological

constraints and opportunities

Blomqvist, M.M.

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Blomqvist, M. M. (2005, February 3). Restoration of plant species diversity of ditch banks :

ecological constraints and opportunities. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/592

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Restoration of plant species diversity of ditch banks

© 2005 Milena Blomqvist

Restoration of plant species diversity of ditch banks: Ecological constraints and management implications

ISBN 90-9018-938-6 Thesis Leiden University

Restoration of plant species diversity of ditch banks

Ecological constraints and opportunities

Herstel van soortenrijke slootkantvegetaties

Ecologische beperkingen en kansen

Proefschrift ter verkrijging van

de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D. D. Breimer,

hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 3 februari 2005

klokke 14.15 uur

door

Milena Maria Blomqvist geboren te Helsinki, Finland

Promotiecommissie:

Promotor: Prof. Dr. E. van der Meijden

Referent: Dr. J. O. Mountford (National Environmental Research Council, UK) Overige leden: Prof. Dr. J. P. Bakker (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Contents

Declining plant species richness of grassland ditch banks – a problem of colonization or extinction?

M. M. Blomqvist, P. Vos, P. G. L. Klinkhamer &

W. J. ter Keurs, Biological Conservation (2003) 109: 391-406

Restoration of ditch bank plant species richness: the potential of the soil seed bank

M. M. Blomqvist, R. M. Bekker & P. Vos, Applied Vegetation Science (2003) 6: 179-188

The effects of agri-environment schemes on

productivity and plant species diversity in ditch banks

M. M. Blomqvist & W. L. M. Tamis, submitted

Seed and (micro)site limitation in ditch banks:

germination, establishment and survival under different management regimes

M. M. Blomqvist, W. L. M. Tamis, J. P. Bakker, & E. van der Meijden, submitted

Summary and prospects