Environmental control of species richness and composition in upland grasslands of the southern Czech Republic

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-602

  Merunková, Kristina ^a   Chytrý, Milan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Diversity; Moisture; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Soil chemistry; Soil pH; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEN; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND SOIL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC SOIL; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DECLINE; POTASSIUM; RED LIST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPLAND REGION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859266729     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0024-6     Document Type: Article

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