Growth responses of low-alpine dwarf-shrub heath species to nitrogen deposition and management

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 564-573

  Britton, Andrea J ^a   Fisher, Julia M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Critical load; Fire; Grazing; Shoot production

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN;

CRITICAL LOAD; GRAZING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SHOOT PRODUCTION; SHRUBS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BURNING; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE; FLOWERING; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; LICHEN; NITROGEN; SHADING; SHOOT GROWTH; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; HEATHLAND; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; RANGELAND; SHOOT GROWTH; SHRUB; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALLUNA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FLOWERS; HEAT; LICHENS; NITROGEN; PLANT SHOOTS; SCOTLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 43749110460     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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