Prediction of herbage yield in grassland: How well do Ellenberg N-values perform?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Wagner, Markus ^a,b,c   Kahmen, Ansgar ^d,e   Schlumprecht, Helmut ^b   Audorff, Volker ^b,f   Perner, Jörg ^a,g   Buchmann, Nina ^d,e   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Büro für ökologische Studien Oberkonnersreuther   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^g Eurofins Agrar und Umweltanalytik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground productivity; Cross validation; Montane grassland; Multiple linear regression; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Soil C:N ratio; Soil pH; Species composition; Standing biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250025237     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2007)10[15:POHYIG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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