A comparison of the vegetation in semi-natural grasslands under different agricultural practices in Finnish and Russian Karelia

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 617-626

  Jantunen, Juha ^a   Saarinen, Kimmo ^a  

^a Karelian Environment Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; DIANTHUS DELTOIDES; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; LEONTODON; LEONTODON HISPIDUS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0942300488     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2002.tb01918.x     Document Type: Article

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