Can on-site management mitigate nitrogen deposition impacts in non-wooded habitats?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 212, Issue , 2017, Pages 464-475

  Jones, L ^a   Stevens, C ^b   Rowe, E C ^a   Payne, R ^c   Caporn, S J M ^d   Evans, C D ^a   Field, C ^d   Dale, S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Burning; Grazing; Leaching; Mowing; Turf stripping

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; PROTECTED AREA; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 85003680866     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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