A multiscale methodological approach for monitoring the effectiveness of grassland management

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Viragh K ^a   Horvath A ^a   Bartha, S ^a   Somodi, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coenostate space; Fine scale pattern; Indicators of degradation and regeneration; Information theory; Spatial scaling; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMINANCE; GRASS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; REGENERATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM;

EID: 57649136581     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.2.13     Document Type: Article

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