Quantifying the effects of nutrient addition on community diversity of serpentine vegetation using parametric entropy of type α

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Chiarucci, Alessandro ^b   Avena, Giancarlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Information theory; Parametric diversity; Ultramafic soils

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SERPENTINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 1542349893     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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