Manual for the restoration of floodplain meadows
Matthias Harnisch, Anette Otte, Ralph Schmiede & Tobias W. Donath:
"Verwendung von Mahdgut zur Renaturierung von Auenwiesen" ("The use of green hay for the restoration of floodplain meadows") - Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2014, 150 pages, 39,90 €. Language: German. For further information, an extract or order see the website of Ulmer Verlag
Project Report
"Renaturierung und landwirtschaftliche Nutzung von Stromtalwiesen am hessischen Oberrhein" ("Restoration and agricultural use of floodplain meadows along the Hessian Upper Rhine"),Natur und Biologische Vielfalt 31, 263 pages, Bonn 2007. Language: German. The book was edited by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. It is available at the Buchweltshop for 22.- €.
Further reading
On the sites of the Division for landscape ecology and landscape planning at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen you will find an extensive list of publications (in german as well as in english). Further articles and books are listed under www.stromtalwiesen.de