A case with blue gentian blues: Roadside-cutters creating neo grasslands as refugia for endangered Gentianella campestris

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 372-379

  Huhta, Ari Pekka ^a   Rautio, Pasi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPENSATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; INJURY; REFUGIUM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

GENTIANA; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA CAMPESTRIS; POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 51349157259     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0107-055X.2008.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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