Phosphorus supply influences heathland responses to atmospheric nitrogen deposition

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Pilkington, M G ^a   Caporn, S J M ^a   Carroll, J A ^a   Cresswell, N ^a   Lee, J A ^b   Emmett, B A ^c   Bagchi, R ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna; Lichens; Mosses; Nitrogen limitation; Phosphorus limitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FUNGI; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CALLUNA; LICHENS; MOSSES; NITROGEN LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION;

ALGAE;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DICOTYLEDON; HEATHLAND; LICHEN; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALLUNA; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATHLAND; MOSS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; LICHENS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TIME;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34247877641     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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