Importance of soil calcium for composition of understory vegetation in boreal forests of Finnish Lapland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-249

  Närhi, Paavo ^a   Middleton, Maarit ^a   Gustavsson, Nils ^a   Hyvönen, Eija ^a   Sutinen, Marja Liisa ^b   Sutinen, Raimo ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Ca:Al ratio; Calcium; Geranium sylvaticum; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling; Rubus saxatilis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HERB; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; PH; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION TYPE; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT;

LAPLAND;

GERANIUM SYLVATICUM; RUBUS SAXATILIS;

EID: 78650307518     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9437-2     Document Type: Article

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