Changes in the vegetation composition of hay meadows between 1993 and 2009 in the Picos de Europa and implications for nature conservation

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 162-169

  Prince, Heather E ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^b,c   Jongman, Rob H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Herb rich grassland; Indicator species; Northern Spain; Resource loss; Stratified random sample

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; NATURE CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

CANTABRIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; PICOS DE EUROPA; SPAIN;

EID: 84859479717     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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