Spatio-temporal dynamics of the invasive plant species Elytrigia atherica on natural salt marshes

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-216

  Veeneklaas, Roos M ^a   Dijkema, Kees S ^b   Hecker, Norbert ^c   Bakker, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c National Park Administration of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Eutrophication; Management; Succession; Vegetation map; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

ELYTRIGIA;

EID: 84874753335     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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