Assessing the dominance of Phleum pvatense cv. climax, a species commonly used for ski trail restoration

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-165

  Isselin Nondedeu, Francis ^a,b,c   Bédécarrats, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Competition asymmetry; Grassland diversification; Plant traits; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

ALCEMILLA XANTHOCHLORA; ALCHEMILLA; ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOTUS ALPINUS; LUZULA SUDETICA; PHLEUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO ALPINA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 70249117086     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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