The biotic and abiotic changes associated with Brachypodium pinnatum dominance in chalk grassland in south-east England

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Hurst, Audra ^a   John, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachypodium pinnatum; Chalk grassland management; Dominance; Plant diversity; Soil nitrates

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASS; NITRATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM;

EID: 0033007005     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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