Positive long-term effect of mulching on species and functional trait diversity in a nutrient-poor mountain meadow in Central Europe

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-28

  DoleŽal, Jiří ^a,c   MaŠková, Zuzana ^b   LepŠ, Jan ^c   Steinbachová, Daniela ^b   de Bello, Francesco ^a   KlimeŠová, Jitka ^a   Tackenberg, Oliver ^d   Zemek, FrantiŠek ^e   Květ, Jan ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b Administration of the umava National Park and Protected Landscape Area   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Community weighted means; Ecosystem function; Functional diversity; Meadow management; Niche space; Redundancy analysis; Traits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRAZING; HAY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER; MEADOW; MOWING; MULCHING; NICHE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOHEMIAN FOREST; BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

POACEAE;

EID: 84880702595     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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