Indicating Soil Acidity Using Vegetation Relevés in Spatially Limited Areas - Case Study from the Považský Inovec, Slovakia

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-277

  Balkovič, Juraj ^a,c   Kollár, Jozef ^b   Čemanová, Gabriela ^a   Šimonovič, Vojtech ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Amplitude overlap; HOF model; NMDS; Soil acidity prediction; Species amplitudes; Species indicator values; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AMPLITUDE; CALIBRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PREDICTION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETATION;

CARPATHIANS; POVAZSKY INOVEC MOUNTAINS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 78049528545     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9065-6     Document Type: Article

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