Influence of grass suppression and sowing rate on the establishment and persistence of forb dominated urban meadows

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Hitchmough, James ^a   Paraskevopoulou, Angeliki ^b   Dunnett, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass; Density; Graminicides; Richness; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; POACEAE;

EID: 38849128708     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-007-0041-8     Document Type: Article

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