Carbon addition alters vegetation composition on ex-arable fields

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Eschen, René ^a,b   Mortimer, Simon R ^c   Lawson, Clare S ^c   Edwards, Andrew R ^c   Brook, Alex J ^c   Igual, José M ^d   Hedlund, Katarina ^e   Schaffner, Urs ^a  

^a CABI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C addition; Grassland restoration; Habitat creation; Microbial immobilization; N enriched ex arable soil

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION COVER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846000974     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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