Tolerance to mechanical damage in ten herbaceous grassland plant species

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 334-339

  Breitsameter, L ^a   Kuchenmeister K ^a   Kuchenmeister F ^a   Isselstein, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Festuca arundinacea; Physical disturbance; Poa pratensis; Re growth; Root

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FESTUCA RUBRA SUBSP. RUBRA; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POA SUPINA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84864413258     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/242/2012-pse     Document Type: Article

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