Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: A synthesis

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Dengler, Jürgen ^d,e   Janišová, Monika ^a   Török, Péter ^b   Wellstein, Camilla ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Land use; Semi natural; Species richness; Steppe

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOZONE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEARCTIC REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE;

EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84893759846     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.015     Document Type: Review

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