Conservation management of calcareous grasslands. Changes in plant species composition and response of functional traits during 25 years

Biological Conservation

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-328

  Kahmen, Stefanie ^a   Poschlod, Peter ^a   Schreiber, Karl Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Management; Plant attributes; Plant functional traits

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOWING; MULCHING;

ELAGATIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036126212     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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