Additive impacts of nitrogen deposition and grazing on a mountain moss-sedge heath;Additive Auswirkungen von Stickstoffdeposition und Beweidung auf ein britisches Heide-Ökosystem

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-137

  Pearce, Imogen S K ^a   Britton, Andrea J ^b   Armitage, Heather F ^a,b   Jones, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine heath; Bryophytes; Herbivore impacts; Nitrogen pollution; Racomitrium lanuginosum; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRYOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; HEATHLAND; MOSS; NITROGEN; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCKING DENSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; RACOMITRIUM; RACOMITRIUM LANUGINOSUM;

EID: 78349308270     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-010-0075-z     Document Type: Article

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