Effects of small-scale animal disturbances on plant assemblages of set-aside land in Central Germany

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-54

  Milton, S J ^a,b   Dean, W R J ^a,b   Klotz, S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Landscape heterogeneity; Microtus arvalis; Patchiness; Plant life history; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISTURBANCE; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SET-ASIDE LAND;

GERMANY;

ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; ASTERACEAE; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CHENOPODIACEAE; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CIRSIUM VULGARE; FALLOPIA CONVOLVULUS; MATRICARIA MARITIMA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; SENECIO VERNALIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030620069     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237241     Document Type: Article

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