The effects of decreased management on plant-species distribution patterns in a salt marsh nature reserve in the Wadden Sea

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-76

  Esselink, P ^a,b   Zijlstra, W ^a   Dijkema, K S ^c   Van Diggelen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Het Groninger Landschap   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Grazing; Nature management; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HABITAT RESTORATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NETHERLANDS;

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; ANAS; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ANSER SP.; ASTER TRIPOLIUM; AVES; BOS TAURUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS; SPARTINA ANGLICA; TRIPOLIUM;

EID: 0034053221     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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