Nitrogen mediates above-ground effects of ozone but not below-ground effects in a rhizomatous sedge

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 559-565

  Jones, M L M ^a   Hodges, G ^b   Mills, G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex arenaria; Grassland; Plant growth; Root:shoot ratio; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

GROUND EFFECT; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; OZONE; VEGETATION;

CAREX ARENARIA; GRASSLAND; PLANT GROWTH; ROOT: SHOOT RATIOS; SAND DUNES;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUNE; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; OZONE; RHIZOME; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHOOT GROWTH;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTANT; RHIZOME; SENESCENCE; VEGETATION;

CAREX ARENARIA;

EID: 73549111799     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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