Impact of nitrogen deposition at the species level

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 984-987

  Payne, Richard J ^a   Dise, Nancy B ^a   Stevens, Carly J ^b   Gowing, David J ^c   Duprè, Cecilia ^d   Dorland, Edu ^d   Gaudnik, Cassandre ^d   Bleeker, Albert ^d   Diekmann, Martin ^d   Alard, Didier ^d   Bobbink, Roland ^d   Fowler, David ^d   Corcket, Emmanuel ^d   Mountford, J Owen ^d   Vandvik, Vigdis ^d   Aarrestad, Per Arild ^d   Muller, Serge ^d  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gradient survey; Plant ecology; Threshold indicator taxon analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POACEAE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872534831     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214299109     Document Type: Article

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