Multivariate analysis of the response of overgrown semi-natural calcareous grasslands to restorative shrub cutting

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-342

  Maccherini, Simona ^a   Marignani, Michela ^a   Castagnini, Paolo ^a   van den Brink, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BARCI design; Community structure; Monitoring design; Overgrown grassland; Principal response curves; Prunus spinosa; Restoration

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA;

EID: 34249804479     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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