Plant communities and species richness of the calcareous grasslands in southeast Belgium

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-173

  Piqueray, Julien ^a   Bisteau, Emmanuelle ^a   Bottin, Gaëtan ^a   Mahy, Grégory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Calcareous grasslands; Environmental variables; MANOVA; Phytosociology; Species richness; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049151104     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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