Weak evidence of long-term extinction debt in Pannonian dry sand grasslands

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-143

  Rédei, Tamás ^a   Szitár, Katalin ^a   Czúcz, Bálint ^a   Barabás, Sándor ^b   Lellei Kovács, Eszter ^a   Pándi, Ildikó ^c   Somay, László ^a   Csecserits, Anikó ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calcareous sand; Habitat continuity; Historical map; Land use change; Primary grassland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893776129     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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