Plant diversity differs between young and old mesic meadows in a central European low mountain region

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-464

  Waesch, Gunnar ^a   Becker, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dispersal; Grassland; Habitat age; Habitat continuity; Land use history; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; MEADOW; MOUNTAIN; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58049221029     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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