Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in tropical forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in southern China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2228-2235

  Lu, Xiankai ^a   Mo, Jiangming ^a   Gilliam, Frank S ^b   Yu, Guirui ^c   Zhang, Wei ^a   Fang, Yunting ^a   Huang, Juan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Land use history; Light limitation; Nitrogen deposition; Tropical reforestation

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CLOSURES; DISTURBANCE REGIME; LAND-USE HISTORY; N DEPOSITION; NITROGEN ADDITIONS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT DIVERSITY; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REFORESTATION; UNDERSTORY COVER; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

NITROGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; REFORESTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT LITTER; REFORESTATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNDERSTOREY; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PLANTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 80052319510     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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