Effects of agri-environment schemes on plant diversity in Bavarian grasslands

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Mayer, F ^a   Heinz, S ^a   Kuhn, G ^a  

^a Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural grassland; Management intensity; Monitoring; Plant species diversity; Species frequency; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57649134458     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.2.12     Document Type: Article

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