Effects of nutrient addition on community productivity and structure of serpentine vegetation

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Chiarucci, A ^a   Maccherini, S ^a   Bonini, I ^a   De Dominicis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Plant biomass; Species abundance; Ultramafic soils

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SERPENTINE;

POACEAE;

EID: 0032928911     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00718.x     Document Type: Article

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