Spontaneous restoration of target vegetation in old-fields in a central European landscape: A repeated analysis after three decades

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-252

  Jírová, Alena ^a,b   Klaudisová, Alexandra ^c   Prach, Karel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ellenberg indicator values; Old fields; Ordination; Restoration; Species richness; Succession; Target species

Indexed keywords

FAGETEA;

EID: 84857976398     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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