Species richness, biomass production and recent vegetation changes of estonian floodplain grasslands

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-45

  Truus, Laimdota ^a   Puusild, Eha ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biomass species richness relation; Hydrology; Life forms; Management relation; Restoration; Scale independent quadrate size

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FLOODPLAIN; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOWING; NATIONAL PARK; RAMET; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SOOMAA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 67649094941     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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