Restoration of flooded meadows in Estonia - vegetation changes and management indicators

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-244

  Metsoja, Jaak Albert ^a   Neuenkamp, Lena ^b   Pihu, Silvia ^a   Vellak, Kai ^a   Kalwij, Jesse M ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community composition; Grassland; Indicator species; Mowing; Spatial turnover, Proportion of graminoids; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CALAMAGROSTIS CANESCENS; CAREX CESPITOSA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS AURICOMUS;

EID: 84857991237     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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