Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on the Species Richness of Grasslands

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5665, 2004, Pages 1876-1879

  Stevens, Carly J ^a,b   Dise, Nancy B ^a,c   Mountford, J Owen ^b   Gowing, David J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GRASSLANDS;

NITROGEN;

GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GRASSLAND; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POACEAE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 1642396731     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094678     Document Type: Article

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