Effects of changes in management on resistance and resilience in three grassland communities

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 640-649

  Klimeš, Leoš ^a   Hájek, Michal ^a,b   Mudrák, Ondřej ^a   Dančák, Martin ^c   Preislerová, Zdenka ^b   Hájková, Petra ^a,b   Jongepierová, Ivana ^d   Klimešová, Jitka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Administration of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abandonment; B l Karpaty Mts; Bromus erectus; Calamagrostis epigejos; Molinia arundinacea; Mowing; Plant cover; Species richness; Wooded grasslands

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS; CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; MOLINIA; MOLINIA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 84884355719     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12032     Document Type: Article

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