Inertia in an ombrotrophic bog ecosystem in response to 9 years' realistic perturbation by wet deposition of nitrogen, separated by form

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 566-580

  Sheppard, Lucy J ^a   Leith, Ian D ^a   Mizunuma, Toshie ^b   Leeson, Sarah ^a   Kivimaki, Sanna ^a   Neil Cape, J ^a   van Dijk, Netty ^a   Leaver, David ^a   Sutton, Mark A ^a   Fowler, David ^a   Van den Berg, Leon J L ^e   Crossley, Alan ^c   Field, Chris ^d   Smart, Simon ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ACrosstech   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Calluna; Chronology; Cover; Critical loads; Growth; Nitrate; Peatland; Sphagnum capillifolium

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BOG; CRITICAL LOAD; GROWTH; INERTIA; NITROGEN; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; WET DEPOSITION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CALLUNA; CHEMISTRY; CHRONOLOGY; COVER; CRITICAL LOADS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; METABOLISM; PEATLAND; PH; SEASON; SOIL; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

AMMONIUM; CALLUNA; CHRONOLOGY; COVER; CRITICAL LOADS; GROWTH; NITRATE; PEATLAND; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84891647010     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12357     Document Type: Article

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