Transplanting turfs to facilitate recovery in a low-alpine environment — What matters?

• Published in: Applied Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Mehlhoop, Anne Catriona, Evju, Marianne, Hagen, Dagmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: ecosystem management; low-alpine ecosystems; turf transplants; vegetation recovery; vegetation restoration; VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Dovrefjell; Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2573093; https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12398

Questions: Restoration of disturbed alpine ecosystems is difficult due to harsh environmental conditions. Transplanting of vegetation turfs into disturbed areas has been used as a restoration method in disturbed alpine sites. The aim of this study is to investigate which environmental factors influe...