Evolution of the vegetation of mown field margins over their first 3 years

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-96

  De Cauwer, Benny ^a   Reheul, Dirk ^a   D'hooghe, Katrien ^a   Nijs, Ivan ^b   Milbau, Ann ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mowing regime; Native wildflowers; Roadside herbage; Similarity; Species richness; Succession

Indexed keywords

FIELD MARGIN; MOWING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 20344393639     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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