The effects of turf translocation and other environmental variables on the vegetation of a large species-rich mesotrophic grassland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-91

  Trueman, Ian ^a   Mitchell, David ^a   Besenyei, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat translocation; Mesotrophic grassland; Vegetation monitoring

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; SAMPLING; STANDARDS;

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; MESOTROPHIC GRASSLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DIVERGED;

VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; SAMPLING; STANDARDS; VEGETATION;

GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER STRESS;

POACEAE;

EID: 34548048779     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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