Condition of semi-natural meadows in northern Finland today - Do the classical vegetation types still exist?

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-93

  Huhta, Ari Pekka ^a   Rautio, Pasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Conservation; Ecology; Grazing; Mowing; Semi natural meadows

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18844391455     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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