Table 2.

Overview of the number of plant pairs (non-legume species and their legume neighbor), control plants (non-legume species without legume neighbor) and legume species without non-legume neighbor sampled along transects in different restoration treatments, depending on availability of each species along transects.

Block	Transect	Treatment	Mesic grassland species				Target species
			tri + gal	lot + gal	gal	lot	ant + hel	dor + hel	hel	ant
Block 1	T1	−r−h	8	8	6					6
	T2	−r+h		9			9
	T3	+r+h					8	8	5
	T4	+r−h				8	8	2	8
Block 2	T5	−r−h	8	8	6
	T6	−r+h		8	8
	T7	+r+h					8	8	6
	T8	+r−h		8	8		8		8

Gal and hel are non-legume species.

Restoration treatments: with (+) or without (−) topsoil removal (r) and hay transfer (h).

Target/calcareous grasslands species: ant = Anthyllis vulneraria (legume species), dor = Dorycnium germanicum (legume species), hel = Helianthemum nummularium (non-legume species) and non-target/mesic species: lot = Lotus corniculatus (legume species), tri = Trifolium pratense (legume species), gal = Galium mollugo (non-legume species).