Extensively managed strips in intensively cultivated grasslands as possible contributors to increased plant species richness

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Hovd, Hege ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fertile soils; Field margins; Permanent strips; Plant colonization; Plant dispersal; Semi natural habitats

Indexed keywords

ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS;

EID: 37149004587     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710601160276     Document Type: Article

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