Search for optimal mowing regime - Slow community change in a restoration trial in northern Finland

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 338-348

  Hellström, Kalle ^a   Huhta, Ari Pekka ^a   Rautio, Pasi ^b   Tuomi, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Disturbance; Grassland management; Seed limitation; Species diversity; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GERANIUM SYLVATICUM;

EID: 33751244234     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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