Ecological restoration of disturbed mountainous areas - population genetics and genetic diversity in an applied setting

• Main Author: Hofman, Nadine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2012
• Subjects: restoration; alpine plant; phytogeographical zone; AFLP; Phleum alpinum; Leontodon autumnalis; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Plant geography: 496; Norway; Ofoten; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/189696

Natural recovery of disturbed mountainous sites is hardly possible, due to the harsh environmental conditions that are typical of the alpine biome. Ecological restoration through exploitation of site-specific seed mixtures has the potential to counteract losses of ecosystem functionality in disturbe...