Importance of soil nutrients in the distribution of forest communities on a large geographical scale

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-97

  Marage, Damien ^a   Gégout, Jean Claude ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; GIS; Niche based model; Nitrogen supply; PH; Plant community distribution; Soil nutrient status; Vegetation modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLORISTICS; GIS; NICHE OVERLAP; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 57649211210     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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