Regional differences in the occurrence of understorey species reflect nitrogen deposition in Swedish forests

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-97

  Strengbom, Joachim ^a   Walheim, Mats ^b   Näsholm, Torgny ^b   Ericson, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOOR; NITROGEN; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNDERSTORY;

SWEDEN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; IDAEA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VALDENSIA HETERODOXA; VITIS;

EID: 0242668370     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.2.91     Document Type: Article

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43. We thank the field staff personal at Swedish National Forest Inventory for skilful assistance during the inventory and Hans Toet for drawing of the maps. This study was financially supported by grants from MISTRA (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research; to L.E. and T.N.) ASTA program, from the Swedish Agricultural Science Research Council (to T.N.), and the Swedish Natural Science Rcscarch Council (to L.E.).
44. First submitted 19 Nov. 2001. Accepted for publication after revision 10 April 2002.