Restoration ecology research above the timberline: Colonization of safety islands on a machine-graded alpine ski run

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1655-1670

  Urbanska, Krystyna M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Diaspore sources; Immigrant populations; Minimum travelling distance; Safety islands; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031465844     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018382923596     Document Type: Article

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