Nitrogen deposition effects on plant species diversity; Threshold loads from field data

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 218-223

  Tipping, E ^a   Henrys, P A ^a   Maskell, L C ^a   Smart, S M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countryside Survey; Diversity; Nitrogen deposition; Plants; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ACID GRASSLANDS; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; DIVERSITY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS; PLANTS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NITROGEN; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

DEPOSITION; NITROGEN; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877969103     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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