Soil transplantation
How can former arable fields be restored to nature? How can we turn a heavily managed soil into a species-rich grassland or heathland? And what is the role of soil organisms in steering plant communities? This website and film explain soil transplantations for nature restoration and development.
Literature in English:
- Aradóttir, Á.L., 2012. Turf transplants for restoration of alpine vegetation: does size matter? Journal of Applied Ecology 49, 439–446.
- Aradóttir, Á.L., Óskarsdóttir, G., 2013. The use of native turf transplants for roadside revegetation in a subarctic area. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 26 , 59-67.
- Balser, T.C., Firestone, M.K., 2005. Linking microbial community composition and soil processes in a California annual grassland and mixed-conifer forest. Biogeochemistry 73, 395–415.
- Bezemer, T.M., van der Putten, W.H., Martens, H., van de Voorde, T.F.J., Mulder, P.P.J., Kostenko, O., 2013. Above- and below-ground herbivory effects on below-ground plant–fungus interactions and plant–soil feedback responses. Journal of Ecology 101, 325–333.
- Brown, S.C., Bedford, B.L., 1997. Restoration of wetland vegetation with transplanted wetland soil: an experimental study. Wetlands 17, 424–437.
- Bullock, J.M., 1998. Community translocation in Britain: Setting objectives and measuring consequences. Biological Conservation 84, 199–214.
- Carbajo, V., den Braber, B., van der Putten, W.H., de Deyn, G.B., 2011. Enhancement of late successional plants on ex-arable land by soil inoculations. PloS one 6, e21943.
- Harris, J., 2009. Soil Microbial Communities and Restoration Ecology: Facilitators or Followers? Science 325, 573–574.
- Jaunatre, R., Buisson, E., Dutoit, T., 2014. Topsoil removal improves various restoration treatments of a Mediterranean steppe (La Crau, southeast France). Applied vegetation science 17, 236–245.
- Kardol, P., Bezemer, T.M., van der Putten, W.H., 2009. Soil organism and plant introductions in restoration of species‐rich grassland communities. Restoration Ecology 17, 258–269.
- Kiehl, K., Kirmer, A., Donath, T.W., Rasran, L., Hölzel, N., 2010. Species introduction in restoration projects – Evaluation of different techniques for the establishment of semi-natural grasslands in Central and Northwestern Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology 11, 285–299.
- Klimeš, L., Jongepierová, I., Doležal, J., Klimešová, J., 2010. Restoration of a species‐rich meadow on arable land by transferring meadow blocks. Applied Vegetation Science 13, 403–411.
- Marrs, R.H., 2016. Ecological restoration: Soil microbes call the shots. Nature Plants 2, 16117.
- Meola, M., Lazzaro, A., Zeyer, J., 2014. Diversity, resistance and resilience of the bacterial communities at two alpine glacier forefields after a reciprocal soil transplantation. Environ Microbiol 16, 1918–1934.
- Middleton, E.L., Bever, J.D., 2012. Inoculation with a native soil community advances succession in a grassland restoration. Restoration Ecology 20, 218–226.
- Mudrák, O., Fajmon, K., Jongepierová, I., Doležal, J., 2016. Restoring species‐rich meadow by means of turf transplantation: long‐term colonization of ex‐arable land. Applied Vegetation Science doi: 10.1111/avsc.12281.
- Nishihiro, J., Nishihiro, M.A., Washitani, I., 2006. Restoration of wetland vegetation using soil seed banks: lessons from a project in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 2, 171–176.
- Pywell, R., Webb, N., Putwain, P., 1995. A comparison of techniques for restoring heathland on abandoned farmland. Journal of Applied Ecology 32, 400–411.
- Rokich, D.P., Dixon, K.W., Sivasithamparam, K., Meney, K.A., 2000. Topsoil handling and storage effects on woodland restoration in Western Australia. Restoration Ecology 8, 196–208.
- Santala, K.R., Monet, S., McCaffrey, T., Campbell, D., Beckett, P., Ryser, P., 2015. Using turf transplants to reintroduce native forest understory plants into smelter‐disturbed forests. Restoration Ecology 24,346-353.
- Sohlenius, B., Boström, S., 1999. Effects of climate change on soil factors and metazoan microfauna (nematodes, tardigrades and rotifers) in a Swedish tundra soil–a soil transplantation experiment. Applied Soil Ecology 12, 113–128.
- Sun, B., Wang, F., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Dong, Z., Li, Z., Zhang, X.-X., 2014. A long-term field experiment of soil transplantation demonstrating the role of contemporary geographic separation in shaping soil microbial community structure. Ecology and Evolution 4, 1073–1087.
- Vécrin, M., Muller, S., 2003. Top‐soil translocation as a technique in the re‐creation of species‐rich meadows. Applied Vegetation Science 6, 271–278.
- Wubs, E., van der Putten, W., Bosch, M., Bezemer, T.B., 2016. Soil inoculation steers restoration of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Plants 2, 16107.
- Wubs, J., Bezemer, T.M., 2014. Soil transplantations for nature restoration on former arable fields-next steps. Nieuwsbrief Onderzoeksprogramma Biodiversiteit Werkt 2014, 39–40.
- Zumsteg, A., Bernasconi, S.M., Zeyer, J., Frey, B., 2011. Microbial community and activity shifts after soil transplantation in a glacier forefield. Applied Geochemistry 26, S326–S329.
Literature in Dutch:
- de Vries, M.W., Bobbink, R., Jansen, A., Vogels, J., 2016. Herstel kwaliteit van natte heide in het zandlandschap. Landschap: tijdschrift voor Landschapsecologie en Milieukunde 33, 110–115.
- Kardol, P., Van der Wal, A., Bezemer, T., De Boer, W., Van der Putten, W., 2009. Ontgronden en bodembeestjes: geen gelukkige combinatie. De Levende Natuur 110, 57.
- Loeb, R., van der Bij, A., Bobbink, R., Frouz, J., Diggelen, R., 2011. Ontwikkeling van droge heischrale graslanden op voormalige landbouwgronden. OBN Rapport nr. 2013/OBN176-DZ.
- Natuurmonumenten, 2013. Natuurherstel De Loonse en Drunense Duinen Layman’s Report.
- Noordwijk, C., Weijters, M., Smits, N., Bobbink, R., Kuiters, A., Verbaarschot, E., Versluijs, R., Kuper, J., Floor-Zwart, W., Huiskes, H., 2013. Uitbreiding en herstel van Zuid-Limburgse hellingschraallanden. Eindrapportage 2e fase O+ BN onderzoek. Bosschap.
- van Duinen, G.-J., Bouwman, J., van Kleef, H., de Vries, M.W., Duinen, G.-J. van, Bouwman, J., Kleef, H. van, Wallis de Vries, M., 2014. Randvoorwaarden voor het herstel van kenmerkende en bedreigde soorten in het natte zandlandschap. OBN Rapport nr. 2014/OBN187-NZ.
- van Noppen, F., Bosch, M., Wubs, E., Haanstra, L., Verbaan, W., van Houwelingen, D., Philippona, J., van Ekeris, R., Van der Putten, W., Bezemer, T., 2015. Afgraven, bodemtransplantaties en uitstrooien van maaisel op voormalige landbouwgronden: het Reijerscamp experiment. De Levende Natuur 116, 222–226.
- Wubs, E., van der Putten, W., Bosch, M., Bezemer, T.B., 2016. Natuurherstel door grondtransplantatie. Landschap 33, 11-14.
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