Calcium Induces Long-Term Legacy Effects in a Subalpine Ecosystem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Schaffner, Urs ^a   Alewell, Christine ^b   Eschen, René ^a   Matthies, Diethart ^c   Spiegelberger, Thomas ^a,d   Hegg, Otto ^e  

^a CABI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Cemagref   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCIUM TO ALUMININUM RATIO; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL LIMING; VEGETATION;

EID: 84871452505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051818     Document Type: Article

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