Vascular plant species richness in grazed and ungrazed coastal meadows, SW Finland

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-263

  Jutila, Heli M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ecology; Grassland; Grazing; Management; Plant species richness; Vegetation; Water level fluctuation

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; MEADOW; SHORE MEADOW; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FINLAND, KOKEMAENJOKI RIVER;

EID: 0031284482     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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