Plant diversity patterns in semi-natural grasslands along an elevational gradient in southern Norway

Plant Ecology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-205

  Austrheim, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Area effect; Cryptogams; Diversity environment relation; Land use impact; Regional dynamics; Species abundance; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORWAY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036396299     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020315718720     Document Type: Article

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