Evidence for differential effects of reduced and oxidised nitrogen deposition on vegetation independent of nitrogen load

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 890-897

  Van Den Berg, Leon J L ^a,b   Jones, Laurence ^c   Sheppard, Lucy J ^c   Smart, Simon M ^c   Bobbink, Roland ^d   Dise, Nancy B ^c   Ashmore, Mike R ^e  

^a Unie van Bosgroepen   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d B WARE Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Bogs; Countryside survey; Grassland; Heathland; N deposition; NHx:NOy ratio

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SURVEYS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

BOGS; GRASSLAND; HEATHLANDS; N DEPOSITION; NHX:NOY RATIO;

FORESTRY;

NITROGEN; OXIDISED NITROGEN; REDUCED NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN OXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOG; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; NITROGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; VEGETATION;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID GRASSLAND; ARTICLE; BASE RICH MIRE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; HABITAT; LOWLAND DRY HEATH; MESOTROPHIC GRASSLAND; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN LOAD; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PEATLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SULPHUR DEPOSITION; UNITED KINGDOM; UPLAND DRY HEATH; VEGETATION; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR;

EID: 84951842659     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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