The effect of nutrient supply and light intensity on tannins and mycorrhizal colonisation in Dutch heathland ecosystems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 661-675

  Hofland Zijlstra, Jantineke D ^a   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Carbon nutrient balance; Dominant grasses; Ericaceae; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; HEATHLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVENTORY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MINERALIZATION; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SHADING; SHRUB; TANNIN;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 67349185583     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9554-3     Document Type: Article

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