Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2006-12-12

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2664.2006.01260.X
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