Mechanisms of purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) encroachment in dry heathland ecosystems with chronic nitrogen inputs

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3553-3559

  Friedrich, Uta ^a   Von Oheimb, Goddert ^a   Dziedek, Christoph ^a   Kriebitzsch, Wolf Ulrich ^b   Selbmann, Katharina ^a   Härdtle, Werner ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Calluna vulgaris; Competition; N deposition; Nutrient sequestration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CALLUNA; CHRONIC NITROGEN; FERTILISATION; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; GROWTH STRATEGY; HEATHLANDS; N AVAILABILITY; N DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT SEQUESTRATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; TIPPING POINT; TOTAL BIOMASS; VULGARIS;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; MIXTURES; NUTRIENTS; WETLANDS;

ECOLOGY;

NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASS; GROWTH; HEATHLAND; SEEDLING; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE; HEATHLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLINIA CAERULEA; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SEQUESTRATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SHOOT;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; MOLINIA CAERULEA; POACEAE;

EID: 80053627786     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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