Responses of ground vegetation to prolonged simulated acid rain in sub-arctic pine-birch forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 613-625

  Shevtsova, A ^a   Neuvonen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Empetrum nigrum; Ground vegetation; Sub arctic ecosystem; Vaccinium vitis idaea

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; FOREST; GROUND VEGETATION; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; VEGETATION COVER;

FINLAND;

BETULA; BETULACEAE; CLADINA; EMPETRACEAE; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; ERICACEAE; NEPHROMA ARCTICUM; PELTIGERA; PINACEAE; PINUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 0031285310     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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