Fragmented grasslands on the Baltic island of Öland: Plant community composition and land-use history

Acta Phytogeographica Suecica

Volumn 88, Issue , 2007, Pages 83-94

  Prentice, Honor C ^a   Olle Jonsson, B ^a,b   Sykes, Martin T ^c   Ihse, Margareta ^d   Kindström, Merit ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm University ^*

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Gradient; Grassland history; Habitat continuity; Plant species occurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549125575     PISSN: 00845914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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