Restoration of alluvial grasslands [Elektronische Ressource] : effects of flooding and management on plant dispersal and recruitment / eingereicht von Stephanie Bissels

Institut für Landschaftsökologie und Ressourcenmanagement -Professur für Landschaftsökologie und Landschaftsplanung- Restoration of alluvial grasslands: Effects of flooding and management on plant dispersal and recruitment Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades (Dr. agr.) am Fachbereich Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement der Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen eingereicht von Dipl. Biol. Stephanie Bissels Gießen 2005 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köhler 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dr. Annette Otte 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Gerd Esser This thesis is based on the following four papers: I. Bissels, S., Hölzel, N., Donath, T.W. & Otte, A. 2004. Evaluation of restoration success in alluvial grasslands under contrasting flooding regimes. Biological Conservation 118: 641-650. II. Bissels, S., Donath, T.W., Hölzel, N. & Otte, A. Ephemeral wetland vegetation in irregularly flooded arable fields along the northern Upper Rhine: the importance of persistent seed banks. Phytocoenologia (in press). III. Bissels, S., Donath, T.W., Hölzel, N. & Otte, A. Effects of different mowing regimes and environmental variation on seedling recruitment in alluvial grasslands. (submitted). IV. Bissels, S., Hölzel, N. & Otte, A. 2004. Population structure of the threatened perennial Serratula tinctoria in relation to vegetation and management. Applied Vegetation Science 7: 267-274.