Plant diversity in a calcareous wooded meadow -The significance of management continuity

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-484

  Aavik, Tsipe ^a   Jõgar, Ülle ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a   Tulva, Ingmar ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

DCA; Evenness; Plant species composition; Semi natural grassland; Shannon diversity; Soil conditions; Species richness; Wooded meadow

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349149597     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18380     Document Type: Article

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