Restoration of alvar vegetation on Oland, Sweden

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-72

  Rosén, Ejvind ^a   Van Der Maarel, Eddy ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; EU LIFE Fund; Golden list; Juniperus communis; Limestone grassland; Potentilla fruticosa; Seed bank; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034131405     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478919     Document Type: Article

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