A multidisciplinary evaluation of restoration measures in a degraded Cirsio-Molinietum fen meadow

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-130

  Van Duren, I C ^a   Strykstra, R J ^a   Grootjans, A P ^a   Ter Heerdt, G N J ^a   Pegtel, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Fertilization; Flooding; Hydrology; Liming; P deficiency; Seed bank; Species introduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000533835     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1479090     Document Type: Review

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