Geographical and land-use effects on seed-mass variation in common grassland plants

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 395-404

  Völler, Eva ^a   Auge, Harald ^a   Prati, Daniel ^b   Fischer, Markus ^b   Hemp, Andreas ^c   Bossdorf, Oliver ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotype; Fertilisation; Grazing; Mowing; Natural variation; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; BROMUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS; CERASTIUM FONTANUM VULGARE; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM SPHONDYLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; VERONICA; VERONICA CHAMAEDRYS;

EID: 84867138992     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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