Use of a gradient of N-deposition to calculate effect-related soil and vegetation measures in deciduous forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Falkengren Grerup, Ursula ^a   Diekmann, Martin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical loads; Life history traits; N deposition; N minerallsation; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DECIDUOUS FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037931470     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00605-9     Document Type: Article

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