Long-term vegetation changes in bogs exposed to high atmospheric deposition, aerial liming and climate fluctuation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 891-904

  Hájková, Petra ^a,b   Hájek, Michal ^a,b   Rybníček, Kamil ^b   Jiroušek, Martin ^a   Tichý, Lubomír ^a   Králová, Štěpánka ^a   Mikulášková, Eva ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Monitoring; Nitrogen deposition; Ombrotrophic bog; Oxycocco Sphagnetea; Permanent plot; Succession; Vascular plants; Water chemistry; Water table

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; BOG; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERB; LIMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESEARCH WORK; SEDGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX LIMOSA; CYPERACEAE; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; LUZULA SYLVATICA; SCHEUCHZERIA PALUSTRIS; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; SPHAGNUM RECURVUM; STRAMINERGON STRAMINEUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 80052294853     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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