Effect of long-term cutting versus abandonment on the vegetation of a mountain hay meadow (Polygono-Trisetion) in Central Europe

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1020-1029

  Pavlů, Lenka ^a,b   Pavlů, Vilém ^a,b   Gaisler, Jan ^a   Hejcman, Michal ^b   Mikulka, Jan ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diversity and richness; Functional groups; Grassland management; Jizera Mountains; Plant species composition

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HAY; MEADOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JIZERA MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; BRIZA MEDIA; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM HETEROPHYLLUM; FESTUCA RUBRA; GERANIUM SYLVATICUM; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM MACULATUM; LUZULA LUZULOIDES; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRISETUM FLAVESCENS;

EID: 84859838857     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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