Response of dry grassland vegetation to fluctuations in weather conditions: A 9-year case study in Prague (Czech Republic)

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 837-847

  Dostalek J ^a   Frantik T ^a,b  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

climate change; coverage; dry grassland; functional groups of species; individual species; Prague (Czech Republic); species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961130772     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0079-1     Document Type: Article

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