Phenological changes within a growth season in two semi-natural pastures in southern Sweden

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-25

  Bergfur, Jenny ^a,b   Carlsson, A Lisa M ^a   Milberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grassland; Grazing; Management; PCA; Phenology; RDA; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542685174     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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