Towards a consistent classification of European grasslands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 518-520

  Dengler, Jürgen ^d,e   Bergmeier, Erwin ^a   Willner, Wolfgang ^b   Chytrý, Milan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b VINCA Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 84878801200     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12041     Document Type: Article

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