A comparison of impacts of N deposition applied as NH3 or as NH4CL on ombrotrophic mire vegetation

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 83-88

  Leith, I D ^a   Pitcairn, C E R ^a   Sheppard, L J ^a   Hill, P W ^a   Cape, J N ^a   Fowler, D ^a   Tang, S ^a   Smith, R I ^a   Parrington, J A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium; Dry N deposition; Foliar nutrition; Moorland vegetation; Wet N deposition

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0036824070     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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