Vascular plants as indicators of nitrogen enrichment in soils

Plant Ecology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Falkengren Grerup, U ^a   Schottelndreier M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Deposition; Nitrogen mineralisation; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 3543004801     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026033.43070.e9     Document Type: Article

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