Remnant habitats for grassland species in an abandoned Swedish agricultural landscape

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-314

  Dahlström, Anna ^a   Rydin, Håkan ^b   Borgegård, Sven Olov ^c  

^a Swedish Biodiversity Centre   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ekologiplan AB i Västerås ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arable field; Hay meadow; Infield; Land use history; Outland; Species richness; Succession; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77954326928     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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