Effect of nitrogen addition and drought on above-ground biomass of expanding tall grasses Calamagrostis epigejos and Arrhenatherum elatius

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-281

  Fiala, Karel ^a   Tůma, Ivan ^a,b   Holub, Petr ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

dicotyledonous; dieback; litter; mixtures of tall grasses; other grasses

Indexed keywords

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; POACEAE;

EID: 79951793526     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0001-x     Document Type: Article

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