Colonization processes and seed bank dynamics in flood meadows and their implications for ecological restoration [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Sandra Burmeier

Colonization processes and seed bank dynamics in flood meadows and their implications for ecological restoration Colonization processes and seed bank dynamics in flood meadows and their implications for ecological restoration Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades (Dr. rer. nat.) der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen vorgelegt von Dipl.-Biol. Sandra Burmeier Gießen, Mai 2010 Dekanin FB 09: Prof. Dr. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser 1. Gutachterin: Prof. Dr. Dr. Annette Otte 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Gerd Esser The research reported in this thesis was carried out at the Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management, Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. © 2010 S. Burmeier; all rights reserved. Burmeier, S. 2010. Colonization processes and seed bank dynamics in flood meadows and their implications for ecological restoration. PhD thesis, Justus Liebig University Gie-ßen. The thesis is also available as a book, which is published by AVM (Akademische Ver-lagsgesellschaft München). This thesis is based on the following four papers: 1) Burmeier, S., Eckstein, R.L., Donath, T.W. & Otte, A. (in press) Plant pattern de-velopment during early post-restoration succession in grasslands – a case study of Arabis nemorensis.