Assessment of critical levels of atmospheric ammonia for lichen diversity in cork-oak woodland, Portugal

Atmospheric Ammonia: Detecting Emission Changes and Environmental Impacts - Results of an Expert Workshop under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-119

  Pinho, Pedro ^a   Branquinho, Cristina ^b   Cruz, Cristina ^b   Tang, Y Sim ^b   Dias, Teresa ^b   Rosa, Ana Paula ^b   Máguas, Cristina ^b   Martins Loução, Maria Amélia ^b   Sutton, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NONE

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