Relationships between soil nutrients and plant species composition in Everglades peatlands

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 224-232

  Craft, Christopher B ^a   Richardson, Curtis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CANALS; ECOSYSTEMS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; CATTAIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PEAT ENRICHMENT; PEATLANDS; SAWGRASS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; WATER CONSERVATION AREA;

ECOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CATION; ELEMENT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT; PLANT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031036394     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600010032x     Document Type: Article

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