Effect of grazing and mowing on the clonal structure of Elytrigia atherica: A long-term study of abandoned and managed sites

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Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-470

  Veeneklaas, Roos ^a   Bockelmann, Anna ^a,b,c   Reusch, Thorsten ^b,c   Bakker, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonal diversity; Disturbance; Genetic diversity; Herbivores; Management regime; Salt marsh; Species diversity; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABUNDANCE; CLONAL ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOWING; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALTMARSH; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BOS; ELYTRIGIA;

EID: 79960367392     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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