Nitrogen: Phosphorus ratio as the main ecological determinant of the differences in the species composition of brown-moss rich fens in north-eastern Poland

Preslia

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-367

  Pawlikowski, Pawel ^a   Abramczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Szczepaniuk, Anna ^a,b   Kozub, Lukasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Calcicole species; Caricetalia davallianae; Continental fens; Extremely rich fens; N: Pratio; Nutrient availability; Productivity; Surface water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEN; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL;

POLAND;

EID: 84882967528     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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