Regeneration of sandy old-fields in the forest steppe region of Hungary

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 715-729

  Csecserits, A ^a   Czucz B ^a   Halassy, M ^a   Kroel Dulay G ^a   Redei T ^a   Szabo R ^a   Szitar K ^a   Torok K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calcareous sandy grassland; Land use change; Neophyte species; Novel ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052650674     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.601340     Document Type: Article

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