Inventorying management status and plant species richness in seminatural grasslands using high spatial resolution imagery

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-233

  Hall, K ^a   Johansson, L J ^a   Sykes, M T ^a   Reitalu, T ^b   Larsson, K ^a   Prentice, H C ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field layer height; Grazing; Scrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77949438220     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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