Vegetation succession as affected by decreasing nitrogen deposition, soil characteristics and site management: A modelling approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1762-1773

  Wamelink, G W W ^a   van Dobben, H F ^a   Berendse, F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium deposition; Nitrogen cycle; Pollution; Vegetation management; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AMMONIUM DEPOSITION; BARE SOILS; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; EXCESS NITROGEN; FOREST SUCCESSION; FUNCTIONAL TYPES; GRASSLAND VEGETATION; HEATHLANDS; LIGHT INTERCEPTION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MODEL SIMULATION; N DEPOSITION; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PINE FOREST; PINE STAND; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; PLANT TYPES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SITE MANAGEMENT; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MODEL; SUCCESSION MODEL; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SIMULATORS; SOILS; STRIPPING (DYES);

VEGETATION;

AMMONIUM; BARE SOIL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POLLUTION; SHRUBS; STRIPPING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

POACEAE;

EID: 69349084434     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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