The effect of grazing abandonment on species composition and functional traits: The case of dehesa grasslands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-183

  Peco, Begoña ^a   De Pablos, Isabel ^a   Traba, Juan ^a   Levassor, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detrended correspondence analysis; Grassland vegetation; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

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EID: 15944409449     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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