Effects of nitrogen on tree recruitment in a temperate montane forest as analysed by measured variables and Ellenberg indicator values

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Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-127

  Pröll, Gisela ^a,b   Dullinger, Stefan ^a,c   Dirnböck, Thomas ^d   Kaiser, Christina ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ammonium; C: N ratio; Calcareous soils; Gross and net N mineralization; Microbial activity; Niche partitioning; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LINEARITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MONTANE FOREST; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOIL NITROGEN; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PICEA ABIES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79951640101     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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