A plant functional traits database for the alps-application to the understanding of functional effects of changed grassland management

Data Mining for Global Trends in Mountain Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 107-123

  Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Gachet, Sophie ^b   Sahl, Amandine ^b   Colace, Marie Pascale ^a   Gaucherand, Stéphanie ^c   Burylo, Mélanie ^c   Bonet, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Cemagref   (France)

^d Parcr National des Ecrins   (France)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420083705     Document Type: Chapter

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