Feasibility of target communities in a Dutch brook valley system

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-88

  Prins, Adriana H ^c   Dijkstra, Gerdien A ^a   Bekker, Renée M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arable field; Heathland; Model; Nature Policy Plan; Species rich meadow; Species rich woodland

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NETHERLANDS, DRENTSE;

EID: 0031835281     PISSN: 00445983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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