Importance of plant matter accumulation, nitrogen uptake and utilization in expansion of tall grasses (Calamagrostis epigejos and Arrhenatherum elatius) into an acidophilous dry grassland

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-240

  Fiala, Karel ^a   Záhora, Jaroslav ^b   Tůma, Ivan ^a   Holub, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

N mineralization; Plant biomass; Root biomass; Soil features; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; POACEAE;

EID: 7444231130     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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