Geographical variability of relationships between forest communities and soil nutrients along a temperature-fertility gradient in Norway

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 158, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 155-168

  Elgersma, Anna Martha ^a,d   Dhillion, Shivcharn S ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continental zone of Norway; Fertility gradient; Forest communities; Humus layer; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORWAY;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; CONIFEROPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0037086549     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00722-2     Document Type: Article

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