Nutrient status, disturbance and competition: An experimental test of relationships in a wet meadow copy

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-230

  Lepš, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Mowing; Redundancy Analysis; Removal experiment; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERTILIZER; MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

(CENTRAL); EUROPE;

MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 0033117868     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237143     Document Type: Article

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