Can grassland plant communities be preserved on road and railway verges?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Tikka, Päivi M ^a   Koski, Piia S ^a   Kivelä, Reija A ^a   Kuitunen, Markku T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Management; Meadow; Semi natural grassland; Vascular plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034131267     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478915     Document Type: Article

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