Changes in vegetation types and Ellenberg indicator values after 65 years of fertilizer application in the Rengen Grassland experiment, Germany

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Chytrý, Milan ^a   Hejcman, Michal ^b,c   Hennekens, Stephan M ^d   Schellberg, Jürgen ^e  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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

^c CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Long term fertilization; Meadow; Nardus grassland; Nitrogen; Phosphorus limitation; Phytosociology; Potassium; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

ARRHENATHERETUM; CANIDAE; NARDUS;

EID: 70249123441     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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