Beskydy 2013, 6, 33-42

https://doi.org/10.11118/beskyd201306010033

Effect of fertilization on below-ground plant mass of submontane Polygono-Cirsietum meadow

Petr Holub1, Ivan Tůma2, Karel Fiala3

1Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Bělidla 4a, Brno CZ-603 00, Czech Republic
2Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Lidická 25, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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