Nitrogen deposition and exceedance of critical loads for nutrient nitrogen in Irish grasslands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-223

  Henry, Jason ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid and calcareous grasslands; Ammonia; Biodiversity; Critical load; Exceedance; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CRITICAL LOAD; EXCEEDANCE; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN;

ACID GRASSLAND; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; IRELAND; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

IRELAND;

BOS;

ACID AND CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS; AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; CRITICAL LOAD; EXCEEDANCE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRELAND; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84885977698     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.047     Document Type: Article

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