White Carpathian grasslands: Can local ecological factors explain their extraordinary species richness?

Preslia

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-325

  Merunková, Kristina ^a   Preislerová, Zdenka ^a   Chytrý, Milan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

B l ; Czech Republic; Diversity; Dry grassland; Karpaty; Meadow; Nutrients; Productivity; Slovakia; Soil pH; Vascular plants; Western Carpathians

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MEADOW; PH; SCRUB; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CARPATHIANS; CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVIA; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS; WHITE CARPATHIANS;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84863474540     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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