Management mitigates the impact of urbanization on meadow vegetation

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-481

  Manninen, Sirkku ^a   Forss, Sonja ^b   Venn, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Heavy metals; Mowing; Nitrogen deposition; Semi natural grassland; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77957822060     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0129-4     Document Type: Article

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