Soil history affects plant growth and competitive ability in herbaceous species

Community Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Bonanomi, G ^a   Mazzoleni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plant soil negative feedback; RCI index; Soil history; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; INULA; PULICARIA DYSENTERICA;

EID: 20544463230     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.6.2005.1.3     Document Type: Article

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