Conservation and restoration of calcareous grasslands: A concise review of the effects of fragmentation and management on plant species

Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-118

  Butaye, Jan ^a   Adriaens, Dries ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Community composition; Ecological restoration; Population persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449130347     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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