Understanding the extreme species richness of semi-dry grasslands in east-central Europe: A comparative approach

Preslia

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-34

  Rolecek, Jan ^a,b   Cornej, Illja Illic ^c   Tokarjuk, Alla Ilarionivna ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Disjunct distribution; Environmental history; Forest steppe; Hemiboreal forests; Meadows; Mowing; Prut Siret interfluve; Relict species; Romania; Site conditions; Slovakia; Species coexistence; Transylvanian Plateau; Ukraine; White Carpathians

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST-STEPPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOWING; RELICT SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN CARPATHIANS; UKRAINE;

EID: 84893785438     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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