Testing the validity of successional predictions on an old-field chronosequence in Hungary

Community Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Csecserits, A ^a   Szabo R ^a   Halassy, M ^a   Redei T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abandoned field; Disturbance tolerance; Habitat preference; Life form; Monitoring; Sandy grassland; Space for time substitution; Species groups; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABUNDANCE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE CHANGE; PREDICTION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TESTING METHOD; TOLERANCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 37649001170     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.8.2007.2.6     Document Type: Article

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