Bryophyte physiological responses to, and recovery from, long-term nitrogen deposition and phosphorus fertilisation in acidic grassland

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 864-874

  Arróniz Crespo, María ^a   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Horton, Peter ^a   Phoenix, Gareth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen deposition; P limitation; Phosphomonoesterase; Pseudoscleropodium purum; Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; POPULATION DECLINE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT SHOOTS; POTASSIUM;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM; RHYTIDIADELPHUS SQUARROSUS;

EID: 55649116911     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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