Soil phosphorus constrains biodiversity across European grasslands

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3814-3822

  Ceulemans, Tobias ^a   Stevens, Carly J ^b   Duchateau, Luc ^c   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Gowing, David J G ^d   Merckx, Roel ^a   Wallace, Hilary ^b   van Rooijen, Nils ^a   Goethem, Thomas ^e   Bobbink, Roland ^e   Dorland, Edu ^f   Gaudnik, Cassandre ^g   Alard, Didier ^g   Corcket, Emmanuel ^g   Muller, Serge ^h   Dise, Nancy B ⁱ   Dupré, Cecilia ^j   Diekmann, Martin ^j   Honnay, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^h Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

ⁱ MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Environmental policy; Grassland; Nutrient enrichment; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; PH; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84912008412     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12650     Document Type: Article

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