Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2940-2945

  Stevens, Carly J ^a,b   Dupr, Cecilia ^c   Dorland, Edu ^d,m   Gaudnik, Cassandre ^e   Gowing, David J G ^a   Bleeker, Albert ^f   Diekmann, Martin ^c   Alard, Didier ^e   Bobbink, Roland ^g   Fowler, David ^h   Corcket, Emmanuel ^e   Mountford, J Owen ^h   Vandvik, Vigdis ⁱ   Aarrestad, Per Arild ^j   Muller, Serge ^k,m   Dise, Nancy B ^l  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^k Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^l MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m Manchester Metropolitan University ^*  (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Acid grasslands; Acidification; Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Soil pH; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; CHRONIC NITROGEN; CONSERVATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL SURVEY; LOW LEVEL; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL PH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACIDS; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SOILS; SURVEYS;

PH EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM; NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; PH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77958186348     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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