Effects of local factors on plant species richness and composition of Alpine meadows

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 281-288

  Marini, Lorenzo ^a   Scotton, Michele ^a   Klimek, Sebastian ^b   Isselstein, Johannes ^b   Pecile, Angelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Management; Phosphorus; Soil; Topography; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 33846196304     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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