Small-scale plant species richness in calcareous grasslands determined by the species pool, community age and shoot density

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-159

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 4243617333     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00463.x     Document Type: Article

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