Addressing the impact of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on Western European Grasslands

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-894

  Stevens, C J ^a,b   Gowing, D J G ^a   Wotherspoon, K A ^a   Alard, D ^c   Aarrestad, P A ^d   Bleeker, A ^e   Bobbink, R ^f   Diekmann, M ^g   Dise, N B ^h   Dupre C ^g   Dorland, E ^i,j   Gaudnik, C ^c   Rotthier, S ⁱ   Soons, M B ⁱ   Corcket, E ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^h MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Acid grasslands; Biodiversity; Convention on long range transboundary air pollution (CLRTAP); Nitrogen deposition; Species rich Nardus grassland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; MITIGATION MEASURES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL VALUES; REACTIVE NITROGEN; SPECIES-RICH NARDUS GRASSLAND; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POLLUTION; RATING;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GRASSLAND; MITIGATION; NITROGEN;

ACID GRASSLAND; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD INTAKE; GRASSLAND; HAY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MEAT; MEAT CONSUMPTION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; SLURRY SPREADING; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURF STRIPPING; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; NITROGEN; POACEAE;

WESTERN EUROPE;

NARDUS;

EID: 80054755343     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9745-x     Document Type: Article

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