Expansion of Calamagrostis villosa in sub-alpine Nardus stricta grassland: Cessation of cutting management or high nitrogen deposition?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 91-96

  Hejcman, Michal ^a,b   Klaudisová, Michaela ^a   Hejcmanová, Pavla ^a   Pavlů, Vilém ^a,b   Jones, Martina ^c  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c Basingstoke College of Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defoliation sensitivity; Flowering induction; Krkono e Karkonosze; Long term N fertiliser experiment; Tiller density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DEFOLIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; HERB; NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; TILLAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

CALAMAGROSTIS VILLOSA; NARDUS STRICTA;

EID: 56549115785     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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