Plant species diversity and composition of wet grasslands in relation to environmental factors

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2179-2192

  Zelnik, Igor ^a   Čarni, Andraž ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental conditions; Floristic composition; Vegetation ecology; Wet meadow; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; HUMIDITY; MOUNTAIN; MOWING; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

ITALY; PO PLAIN; SLOVENIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84883276615     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0448-x     Document Type: Article

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