Effects of prescribed burning on plant available nutrients in dry heathland ecosystems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-289

  Mohamed, Abdelmenam ^a   Härdtle, Werner ^a   Jirjahn, Bettina ^a   Niemeyer, Thomas ^a   Von Oheimb, Goddert ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Deschampsia flexuosa; Heathland management; Leaching; N:P ratio; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATHLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEACHING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHATE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUB;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; LUENEBURG HEATH NATURE RESERVE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 33947522880     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9183-7     Document Type: Article

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