Long-term nitrogen additions increase likelihood of climate stress and affect recovery from wildfire in a lowland heath

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2824-2837

  Southon, Georgina E ^a   Green, Emma R ^a   Jones, Alan G ^a   Barker, Chris G ^a   Power, Sally A ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Carbon budget; Climate change; Drought injury; Ecosystem functioning; Eutrophication; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; RAINFALL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84864610776     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02732.x     Document Type: Article

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