Plant response to disturbance in a Mediterranean grassland: How many functional groups?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-672

  Lavorel, Sandra ^a   McIntyre, S ^b   Grigulis, Karl ^b,c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual; Disturbance; Grazing; Plant functional type; Ploughing; Portugal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

PORTUGAL;

BOS TAURUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0032707435     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237081     Document Type: Article

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