Soil property variations in relation to plant community and altitudinal zone in the rangelands of Epirus, Greece

Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 806-815

  Roukos, Ch ^a   Papanikolaou, C ^a   Mountousis, I ^a   Kandrelis, S ^b   Chatzitheodoridis, F ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Altitudinal zone; Plant community; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ASPHODELUS; BROMUS; FESTUCA; HORDEUM; PHLOMIS; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 84856751777     PISSN: 13100351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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