Seminatural grassland management by mowing of calamagrostis epigejos in Hungary

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-707

  Hazi J ^a   Bartha, S ^b   Szentes, S ^a   Wichmann, B ^a   Penksza, K ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abandoned vineyards; Biodiversity; Forest steppe zone; Restoration; Secondary meadow steppe; Spontaneous succession

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM PINNATUM; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS;

EID: 80052658908     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.601339     Document Type: Article

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