Plant functional traits in studies of vegetation changes in response to grazing and mowing: Towards a use of more specific traits

Preslia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Klimešová, Jitka ^a   Latzel, Vít ^a,b   de Bello, Francesco ^b,c   van Groenendael, Jan M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonality; Disturbance; Grassland; Management; Persistence traits; Phenology; Vegetative regeneration

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PASTURE; PERSISTENCE; PHENOLOGY; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 54349096807     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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