Impact of management on biodiversity-biomass relations in Estonian flooded meadows

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 845-856

  Neuenkamp, Lena ^a,b   Metsoja, Jaak Albert ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a   Hölzel, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grassland; Growth form; Litter; Mowing; Nitrogen; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOODING; GROWTH FORM; HARVESTING; HAY; HERB; LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; MOWING; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; SEDGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALAM-PEDJA NATURE RESERVE; ESTONIA;

CAREX;

EID: 84878800551     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0213-y     Document Type: Article

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