Long term grassland vegetation changes: Case study Nature Park Stara Planina (Serbia)

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Dajic Stevanovic Z ^a   Peeters, A ^b   Vrbnicanin S ^a   Sostaric I ^a   Acic S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b RHEA Bureau D'Etudes Pour un Developpement Rural Durable et la Gestion des Ecosystemes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Floristic composition; Management; Npsp; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052656837     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.S.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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