The impact of nitrogen deposition on acid grasslands in the Atlantic region of Europe

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2243-2250

  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   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 KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Plant functional group; Plant tissue nitrogen; Soil C:N; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-GROUND TISSUES; AGROSTIS; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; C:N RATIO; CHRONIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; PLANT-TISSUE NITROGEN; SOIL PH; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SOILS; TISSUE;

NITROGEN;

ALUMINUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GRASSLAND; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ACID DEPOSITION; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; GALIUM; GALIUM SAXATILE; GRASSLAND; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MOSS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT TISSUE; RHYTIDIADELPHUS SQUARROSUS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PH; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE SOIL; VEGETATION;

AGROSTIS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GALIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EUROPE;

AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; BRYOPHYTES; GALIUM SAXATILE; RHYTIDIADELPHUS SQUARROSUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80052317673     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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