The Rengen grassland experiment: Effect of soil chemical properties on biomass production, plant species composition and species richness

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-142

  Hejcman, Michal ^a,b   Češková, Michaela ^a   Schellberg, Jürgen ^c   Pätzold, Stefan ^c  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Long term fertilizer application; Nardus stricta grassland; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus depletion and accumulation; Plant soil interaction; Sampling area

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

NARDUS; NARDUS STRICTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952206891     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9062-9     Document Type: Article

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