Vegetation height of patch more important for phytodiversity than that of paddock

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-116

  Wrage, N ^a,b   Sahin Demirbag N ^a,c   Hofmann, M ^a,d   Isselstein, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b RHINE WAAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Technology and Structures in Agriculture eV (KTBL)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Shannon diversity index; Similarity; Soil nutrients; Species richness

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWARD; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84860584438     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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