Soil chemistry and plants in Fennoscandian boreal forest as exemplified by a local gradient

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-137

  Giesler, Reiner ^a   Högberg, Mona ^a   Högberg, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Base saturation; Boreal forests; Fennoscandia; Groundwater discharge; Mor layer; Mycorrhizae; Nitrogen; PH; Phosphorus; Plant communities; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

SWEDEN;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 7344227273     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0119:SCAPIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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