Flood events overrule fertiliser effects on biomass production and species richness in riverine grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-634

  Beltman, Boudewijn ^a   Willems, Jo H ^a   Güsewell, Sabine ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhenatherion; Flooding; Long term fertilisation experiment, nutrient mineralisation; River floodplain; Species richness; Time series

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848910442     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[625:FEOFEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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