Floristic gradients of herbaceous vegetation and P/N ratio in soil in a Mediterranean area

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-242

  Fanelli, Giuliano ^a   Lestini, Marco ^a   Sauli, Alessandro Serafini ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Nitrogen; Nitrophily; Phosphorus; Ruderality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; HERB; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; TRAMPLING; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36649001979     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9287-8     Document Type: Article

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