Plant species richness and persistence of rare plants in abandoned semi-natural grasslands in northern Europe

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-33

  Pykälä, Juha ^a   Luoto, Miska ^a   Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Kontula, Tytti ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Generalized additive models (GAM); Livestock grazing; Solar radiation; Species persistence; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744281057     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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