No improvement of plant biodiversity in ditch banks after a decade of agri-environment schemes

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-378

  Blomqvist, Milena M ^a,b   Tamis, Wil L M ^b   de Snoo, Geert R ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ellenberg N value; Flora; Grass forb ratio; Nature conservation; Productivity; Target species

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67249119507     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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