Effects of winter mowing on vegetation succession in a lakeshore fen

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Güsewell, Sabine ^a   Le Nédic, Christophe ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Groupe d'Etude et de Gestion   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CCA; Cladium mariscus; Hydrosere; Mechanical disturbance; Nature conservation; Permanent quadrat; Vegetation dynamics; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CLADIUM; CLADIUM MARISCUS; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS;

EID: 2542643197     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00594.x     Document Type: Review

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