Restoration of degraded low-lying grasslands: Indicators of the environmental potential of botanical nature quality

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Hald, Anna Bodil ^a   Nielsen, Anne Lisbeth ^b   Debosz, Kasia ^b   Badsberg, Jens Henrik ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Biodiversity; In situ; Organic soil; Phosphorus; Potassium; Primary production; Water table

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

BOTANICAL RESTORATION;

ECOLOGY;

GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES POOL;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 0346367163     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(03)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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