Soil chemistry of local vegetation gradients in sandy calcareous grasslands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-138

  Mårtensson, Linda Maria ^a   Olsson, Pål Axel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Decalcification; N enrichment; Sand steppe; Sandy grasslands; Succession

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; DOMINANCE; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STEPPE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CORYNEPHORUS CANESCENS; KOELERIA;

EID: 72249085111     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9629-9     Document Type: Article

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