The distribution of four grassland plant species in relation to landscape history in a Swedish rural area

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 416-426

  Mildén, Mikael ^a   Cousins, Sara A O ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Management history; Semi natural grasslands; Time lag

Indexed keywords

CARLINA VULGARIS; DIPSACACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS; SUCCISA PRATENSIS; TRAGOPOGON; TRAGOPOGON PRATENSIS;

EID: 38349029048     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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