Production, nutrient availability, and elemental balances of two meadows affected by different fertilization and water table regimes in The Netherlands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-73

  Best, Elly P H ^a   Jacobs, F H H ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Impoverishment; Nutrient availability; Peat grassland; Rewetting

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REWETTING; WATER TABLE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0035651722     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013260900106     Document Type: Article

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