Rock climbing alters the vegetation of limestone cliffs in the northern Swiss Jura Mountains

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 862-870

  Müller, Stefan W ^a   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Jura Mountains; Limestone cliff; Rock climbing; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LIMESTONE; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PLANT COMPOSITION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIFF; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LIME STONE; VASCULAR PLANTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 4344649136     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-058     Document Type: Article

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