No recovery of campo rupestre grasslands after gravel extraction: implications for conservation and restoration

• Published in: Restoration ecology Vol. 26; no. S2; pp. S151 - S159
• Main Authors: Le Stradic, Soizig, Fernandes, Geraldo W., Buisson, Elise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.06.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley
• Series: SEED DISPERSAL AND SOIL SEED BANKS ‐ PROMISING SOURCES FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity and Ecology; botanical composition; Capacity; Composition; Cultivation; Ecosystem degradation; Ecosystem disturbance; Ecosystem recovery; Ecosystems; Environmental Engineering; Environmental restoration; Environmental Sciences; Global Changes; grassland restoration; Grasslands; Gravel; Growth; humans; Mineral nutrients; mining; nontarget organisms; Nutrients; planning; Plant communities; Quarrying; Recovery; regeneration; Restoration; rupestrian grasslands; Savannahs; savannas; seed bank; Seed banks; Seed dispersal; Seeds; Soil; Soil analysis; Soil characteristics; Soil conditions; soil properties; soil quality; Species; Substrates; Tropical climate; tropical grasslands; Vegetation

Old‐growth grasslands, including savannas and tropical grasslands, need centuries to assemble; they are therefore expected to have low resilience to anthropogenic activities that disturb the soil (e.g. cultivation, quarrying, mining, etc.). Understanding which parameters restrict the natural recover...