Vegetation diversity of salt-rich grasslands in Southeast Europe

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 521-537

  Eliáš, Pavol ^c   Sopotlieva, Desislava ^a,d   Dítě, Daniel ^b   Hájková, Petra ^a,e   Apostolova, Iva ^d   Senko, Dušan ^b   Melečková, Zuzana ^b   Hájek, Michal ^a,e  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Balkan region; Classification; Europe; Grassland; Halophytic habitats; Pannonian region; Saline habitats; Vegetation survey

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTAE;

EID: 84878808843     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12017     Document Type: Article

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