Differences in yield, Ellenberg N value, tissue chemistry and soil chemistry 15 years after the cessation of nitrogen addition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 309-319

  Stevens, Carly J ^a,b   Mountford, J Owen ^c   Gowing, David J G ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Mesotrophic grassland; Nitrogen; Plant tissue chemistry; Recovery; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ENGLAND; SOMERSET; TADHAM MOOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864152800     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1160-4     Document Type: Article

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