Growth of alpine lady-fern (Athyrium distentifolium) and lant species composition on a ski piste in the hrubý Jeseník Mts., Czech Republic

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-292

  Banaš, Marek ^a   Zeidler, Miroslav ^a   Duchoslav, Martin ^a   Hošek, Jan ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Ecological Services Ltd   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alpine plant community; Athyrium distentifolium; Habitat ecology; Phenology; Ski piste; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ATHYRIUM; ATHYRIUM DISTENTIFOLIUM; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 79959298067     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.047.0404     Document Type: Article

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