Effects of nitrogen enrichment on coastal dune grassland: A mesocosm study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Van Den Berg, Leon J L ^a   Tomassen, Hilde B M ^a   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a   Bobbink, Roland ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Critical loads; N:P ratios; Nitrogen deposition; Species composition; Tissue N

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; SAND; VEGETATION;

COASTAL DUNE GRASSLANDS; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; MESOCOSMS;

NITROGEN;

NITROGEN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; MESOCOSM;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LIGHT; MESOCOSM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; SAND; SEASHORE; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; CAREX ARENARIA; CARLINA VULGARIS; GALIUM VERUM; POACEAE;

EID: 22044450919     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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