Effects of nutrient addition on species diversity and ground cover of “serpentine” vegetation

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a   Maccherini, Simona ^a   Bonini, Ilaria ^a   De Dominicis, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Italy; Permanent plots; Species diversity; Tuscany; Ultramafic soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013347602     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.1998.10654199     Document Type: Article

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