Estimated losses of plant biodiversity in the United States from historical N deposition (1985-2010)

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1441-1448

  Clark, Christopher M ^a   Morefield, Philip E ^a   Gilliam, Frank S ^b   Pardo, Linda H ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Critical loads; Ecoregion; Herbaceous; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; CRITICAL LOAD; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HERB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880522618     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2016.1     Document Type: Article

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