Differential responses of abandoned wet grassland plant communities to reinstated cutting management

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 692, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Berg, Maureen ^a   Joyce, Chris ^a   Burnside, Niall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Diversity; Ecological stability; Management; Restoration; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; FLOODING; GRASSLAND; PIEZOMETER; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84862117031     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0826-x     Document Type: Article

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