Predicting the effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in conifer stands: Evidence from the NITREX ecosystem-scale experiments

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 352-360

  Emmett, B A ^a   Boxman, D ^b   Bredemeier, M ^c   Gundersen, P ^d   Kjonaas O J ^e   Moldan, F ^f   Schleppi, P ^g   Tietema, A ^h   Wright, R F ⁱ  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen ratio; Conifer; Critical loads; Forest; Nitrate leaching; NITREX; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000680291     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900029     Document Type: Article

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