Recovery of subalpine dwarf shrub heath after neighbour removal and fertilization

Plant Ecology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-235

  Lisa, Brancaleoni ^a   Renato, Gerdol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Empetrum; Facilitation; Removal; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHADING; SHRUB; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 33745022088     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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