The relationship between plant species richness and soil aggregate stability can depend on disturbance

Plant and Soil

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 87-102

  Pohl, Mandy ^a,c   Graf, Frank ^a   Buttler, Alexandre ^b,c,d   Rixen, Christian ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Grading; Plant functional groups; Roots; Ski slopes; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84861648403     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1083-5     Document Type: Article

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