Relationship between light availability and species richness during fen grassland succession

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-353

  Schrautzer, Joachim ^a   Jensen, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIOMASS; FEN; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

SERES;

EID: 33846445688     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2004.tb00849.x     Document Type: Article

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