Effects of enhanced nitrogen deposition and phosphorus limitation on nitrogen budgets of semi-natural grasslands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1309-1321

  Phoenix, Gareth K ^a   Booth, Rosemary E ^a   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Read, David J ^a   Grime, J Philip ^a   Lee, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Immobilization; Leaching; Nitrogen budgets; Nitrogen deposition; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; VOLATILIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141537281     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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