Nutrient limitation and vegetation changes in a coastal dune slack

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Lammerts, E J ^a   Pegtel, D M ^b   Grootjans, A P ^b   Van Der Veen, A ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food quality Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Chronosequence; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Schoenus nigricans

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

SCHOENUS NIGRICANS;

EID: 0033082669     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237166     Document Type: Article

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