Environmental factors influencing herb layer productivity in Central European oak forests: Insights from soil and biomass analyses and a phytometer experiment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Axmanová, Irena ^a   Zelený, David ^a   Li, Ching Feng ^a   Chytrý, Milan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioassay experiment; Biomass; Czech Republic; Quercus woodland; Raphanus sativus; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST CANOPY; HERB; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOMETER; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

QUERCUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 79955013427     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0683-9     Document Type: Article

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