Evidence for acidification-driven ecosystem collapse of Danish Erica tetralix Wet Heathland

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-401

  Strandberg, Morten ^a   Damgaard, Christian ^a   Degn, Hans Jørgen ^b   Bak, Jesper ^a   Nielsen, Knud Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Degn Nature Consult   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Base cations; Critical load; Cross leaved heath; Management; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ACIDIFICATION; CATION; CRITICAL LOAD; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HEATHLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEACHING; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ERICACEAE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; WETLAND;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DENMARK; ERICACEAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICA TETRALIX; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 84863714047     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0251-z     Document Type: Article

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