COENOLOGICAL SHIFT FOLLOWING FERTILIZATION IN MEDITERRANEAN GRASSLAND

Authors

  • ALESSANDRO SERAFINI SAULI Department of Enviromental Biology, Sapienza University of Roma Italy
  • GIULIANO FANELLI Department of Enviromental Biology, Sapienza University of Roma Italy
  • ANNA TESTI Department of Enviromental Biology, Sapienza University of Roma Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4462/annbotrm-9162

Keywords:

FERTILIZATION, N AND P, GRASSALND, ELLENBERG, INDICATORS, LIFE FORMS, CHOROTYPES

Abstract

In Rome both meadows of CentraI-European affinity and Mediterranean dry grasslands are presento We studied a site (Parco Regionale Urbano de] Pineto in Rome) with very diverse vegetation, where species belonging to both coenologica] groups oceur. Wc fertilized a grassland with a combination of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N). After fertilization diagDostie species of Helianthemetea guttati (Thcrophytes) dccrease while species of MolinioArrhenatheretea (Hemicriptophytes) increase. In a climate as that of Rome, transition between Mediterranean (with summer drought) and Central European (without summer drought), nutrients availability modulates the distribution of vegetation Classes with respectively Mediterranean or Central-Europe affinities.

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SERAFINI SAULI, A., FANELLI, G., & TESTI, A. (2006). COENOLOGICAL SHIFT FOLLOWING FERTILIZATION IN MEDITERRANEAN GRASSLAND. Annali Di Botanica, 6, 121–127. https://doi.org/10.4462/annbotrm-9162

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Vol. 6 (2006)

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Research Articles

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