Dry grassland communities on southern Öland: Phytosociology, ecology, and diversity

Acta Phytogeographica Suecica

Volumn 88, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-31

  Löbel, Swantje ^a   Dengler, Jürgen ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alvar; Biodiversity; Environmental condition; Festuco Brometea; Koelerio Corynephorenea; Sedo Scleranthenea; Species richness; Syntaxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249149268     PISSN: 00845914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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