Plant species diversity in an old, traditionally managed hay meadow compared to abandoned hay meadows in southwest Norway

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-487

  Losvik, Mary H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033377312     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01231.x     Document Type: Article

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