Soil feedback does not explain mowing effects on vegetation structure in a semi-natural grassland

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 838-848

  Ilmarinen, Katja ^a   Mikola, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Plant diversity; Plant soil interactions; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFOLIATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; MOWING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PRUNELLA VULGARIS; SAGINA PROCUMBENS;

EID: 70350129699     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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