Introduction The application of phosphorus (P) fertilizer can promote photosynthesis in forage grasses and accelerate their establishment. Methods To improve the utilization efficiency P for bluegrass (Poa L.) alpine regions, effects on growth, carbon (C), nitrogen (N) distribution different organs them are tested at six fertilization levels (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 g·m −2 ). Results (1) nutrient c...

On the basis of the digital edition of the “Atlas of the vascular flora of the Pyrenees” (www.florapyrenaea.org), the alpine flora of this mountain range is delimited in order to know its diversity and the different patterns of its spatial distribution, along with some other environmental characteristics. The Pyrenean alpine flora is made up of 645 taxa (630 species and 15 subspecies). All the ...

West Carpathian Mesozoic paleogeographic development indicates the effect of a left lateral shift of the Alpine- Carpathian microcontinent along the European shelf since the Early Jurassic. The evolution during Late Triassic/Early Jurassic was controlled by convergence along the border of the Meliata Ocean and by contemporaneous divergence along the Middle Atlantic/Penninic rift. During Mid-Cre...

Erosion with the subsequent loss of soil and fertility is one urgent environmental problems worldwide. On grassland slopes from montane to alpine elevation zones European Alps, shallow erosion a widespread regionally increasing phenomenon. This group mechanical denudation processes includes landslides nival abrasion (i.e., by snow gliding avalanches), which are displacing patches vegetation, un...

The focus of soil erosion research in the Alps has been in two categories: (i) on-sitemeasurements, which are rather small scale point measurements on selected plots often constrained to irrigation experiments or (ii) off-site quantification of sediment delivery at the outlet of the catchment. Results of both categories pointed towards the importance of an intact vegetation cover to prevent soi...