Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-136

  Socher, Stephanie A ^a   Prati, Daniel ^a   Boch, Steffen ^a   Müller, Jörg ^b   Baumbach, Henryk ^b,c   Gockel, Sonja ^c,k   Hemp, Andreas ^b,i   Schöning, Ingo ^c,d   Wells, Konstans ^e,f   Buscot, François ^g,j   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^e   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^h   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^c,k   Fischer, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity exploratories; Functional groups; Land use type; Livestock type; Shannon diversity

Indexed keywords

BOS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 84875384376     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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