Environmental determinants of variation in Czech Calthion wet meadows: A synthesis of phytosociological data

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-54

  Hájek, Michal ^a,b   Hájková, Petra ^a,c  

^a Department of Botany ^*

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calthenion; Central Europe; Environmental gradients; Factors; Filipendulenion; Nutrient availability; Plant community; Productivity; Soil reaction; Species richness; Vegetation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT; MEADOW; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 14044279022     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2004/0034-0033     Document Type: Article

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