Effect of dominant ground vegetation on soil organic matter quality in a declining mountain spruce forest of central Europe

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Bonifacio, Eleonora ^a   Santoni, Stefania ^a   Cudlin, Pavel ^b   Zanini, Ermanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; MOLINIA CAERULEA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; POACEAE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 43449103103     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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