Biodiversity, vegetation gradients and key biogeochemical processes in the heathland landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2191-2201

  De Graaf, Maaike C C ^a   Bobbink, Roland ^a,b   Smits, Nina A C ^b,c   Van Diggelen, Rudy ^d,e   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Data analysis; EUNIS habitat type; Eutrophication; Reduced nitrogen; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; GUIDELINE; HEATHLAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

MOLINIA; NARDUS;

EID: 68549087001     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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