Can tissue element concentration patterns at the individual species level indicate the factors underlying vegetation gradients in wetlands?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-363

  Rozbrojová, Zuzana ^a,b   Hájek, Michal ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cirsium rivulare; Eriophorum angustifolium; Iron; Nutrient concentration; Poor rich gradient; Spring fen; Wet meadow

Indexed keywords

FEN; GRASS; HERB; IRON; MEADOW; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

CARPATHIANS; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM RIVULARE; CYPERACEAE; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 77949752007     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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