Are historical land‐use patterns and chemical soil characteristics complementary for assessing the restoration potential of Nardus grassland? Universiteit Gent KU Leuven
Aims Historical land-use legacies and chemical soil characteristics both explain either directly or indirectly the habitat quality of Nardus grassland, which is protected under the European habitat directive. Yet the relative importance and complementarity of both sets of variables are generally unknown. This knowledge is also relevant for practical reasons, as historical land-use variables can be used in desktop spatial analyses, whereas soil ...