Water- and nutrient-use efficiency of a deciduous species, Vaccinium myrtillus, and an evergreen species, V. vitis-idaea, in a subalpine dwarf shrub heath in the southern Alps, Italy

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-32

  Gerdol, Renato ^a   Iacumin, Paola ^b   Marchesini, Roberta ^a   Bragazza, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEATHLAND; NUTRIENT USE; WATER USE;

ALPS; ITALY;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; IDAEA; MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS IDAEA; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0034009945     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880104.x     Document Type: Article

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