Impact of land use on vegetation composition, diversity and potentially invasive, nitrophilous clonal species in a wetland region in Flanders

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Cauwer, Benny De ^a   Reheul, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grazing; Invasive species; Mowing; Species richness; Wetland conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; MOWING; NUTRIENT USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER TABLE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 65349134293     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2008049     Document Type: Article

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