Vegetation succession in basalt quarries: Pattern on a landscape scale

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Novák, Jan ^a   Prach, Karel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Climatic gradient; Restoration; Species pool; Spontaneous succession; Target species

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342290721     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00570.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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