Soil, site and management components of variation in species composition of agricultural grasslands in western Norway

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-143

  Myklestad, A ^a,b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intensively cultivated grasslands; Meadows; Pastures; Variance partitioning; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 2942537761     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2004.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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