Effects of reforestation and intensified land use on vascular plant species richness in traditionally managed hay meadows

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 423-441

  Myklestad, Åse ^a,b   Sætersdal, Magne ^c  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Hay meadows; Reforestation; Species richness; Species area curves

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0346336132     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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