Impact of site and management on the diversity of central European mesic grassland

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Wellstein, Camilla ^a   Otte, Annette ^a   Waldhardt, Rainer ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANCOVA; Indicator species analysis; Land use; Marginal landscape; Partial CCA; Soil fertility; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; TWINSPAN; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34248221605     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.12.033     Document Type: Article

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