Significance of legumes for the distribution of plant species in grassland ecosystems at different altitudes in the Alps

Plant Ecology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Jacot, Katja A ^a,b   Lüscher, Andreas ^a,b   Suter, Matthias ^b   Nösberger, Josef ^a   Hartwig, Ueli A ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^c Academia Engiadina   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; High elevation; Neighbouring species; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26844456154     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-7810-8     Document Type: Article

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