Secondary succession on a high salt marsh at different grazing intensities

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-134

  Kleyer, Michael ^a   Feddersen, H ^b   Bockholt, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Rostock ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; Grazing effect; Groundwater table; Langeness; Permanent plot; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BOS; ELYMUS;

EID: 33847027709     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1652/1400-0350(2003)009[0123:SSOAHS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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