Effects of soil organic matter and nitrogen supply on competition between Festuca ovina and Deschampsia flexuosa during inland dune succession

Plant Ecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-59

  Van Mierlo, J E M ^a   Wilms, Yvonne J C ^a   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Deschampsia flexuosa; Festuca ovina; N fertilization; Primary succession; Sand dunes; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION;

DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; FESTUCA OVINA;

EID: 0034030153     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009852630716     Document Type: Article

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