Response surfaces of plant species along water-table depth and pH gradients in a poor mire on the southern Alps (Italy)

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Bragazza, Luca ^a   Gerdol, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

depth to the water table; environmental gradients; nutrient poor mire; pH; response surfaces; southern Alps; species interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030485441     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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