Effects of different mowing regimes on seedling recruitment in alluvial grasslands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-442

  Bissels, Stephanie ^a   Donath, Tobias W ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; Flood meadow; Floodplain; Microsite limitation; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

INULA; INULA SALICINA; IRIS SPURIA; SERRATULA TINCTORIA;

EID: 33746835394     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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