Scale matters: Impact of management regime on plant species richness and vegetation type diversity in Wadden Sea salt marshes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-79

  Wanner, Antonia ^a   Suchrow, Sigrid ^a   Kiehl, Kathrin ^b   Meyer, Wiebke ^b   Pohlmann, Nina ^a   Stock, Martin ^c   Jensen, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c Administration of the Wadden Sea National Park of Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial drainage system; Grazing; Monitoring; Species area relationship; Succession; Wadden Sea National Park of Schleswig Holstein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893751680     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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