Long-term changes in vegetation and soil chemistry in a calcareous and sandy semi-natural grassland

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 379-387

  Bahr, Adam ^a   Ellström, Magnus ^a   Schnoor, Tim Krone ^a   Påhlsson, Lars ^a   Olsson, Pål Axel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Calcareous grassland; Conservation; Decalcification; Eutrophication; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; BRYOPHYTE; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LICHEN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861183888     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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