Constraints in the restoration of ecological diversity in grassland and heathland communities

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Bakker, Jan P ^a   Berendse, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033083842     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01544-4     Document Type: Review

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