Can prescribed burning compensate for atmospheric nutrient loads in wet heathlands?

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-174

  Härdtle, Werner ^a   Niemeyer, Thomas ^a   Assmann, Thorsten ^a   Meyer, Hartmut ^a   von Oheimb, Goddert ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Molinia caerulea; N P ratio; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrient budgets; Nutrient limitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; HEATHLAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PRESERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICA; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 34547117856     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2007/0037-0161     Document Type: Article

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