Seed banks of managed and degraded grasslands in the Krkonoše Mts., Czech Republic

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-288

  Handlová, Viola ^a   Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Degradation; Diversity; Management; Mountain grasslands; Reestablishment; Seed bank; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; NEW SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

BISTORTA; HOLCUS; HOLCUS MOLLIS; RUMEX; RUMEX ALPINUS;

EID: 33747190404     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02904942     Document Type: Article

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