Past land use co-determines the present distribution of dry grassland plant species

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Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-198

  Chýlová, Tereza ^a   Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abandoned agricultural land; Grazing; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat occupancy; Habitat suitability; Metapopulation dynamics; Plant population; Seed dispersal; Time lag

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 48249138437     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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