Evaluating the impacts of mowing: A case study comparing managed and abandoned meadow patches

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-99

  Huhta, Ari Pekka ^a   Rautio, Pasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Semi natural meadows; Species life history strategies; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031854520     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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