Differential effects of nitrate and ammonium on three fen bryophyte species in relation to pollutant nitrogen input

New Phytologist

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 451-458

  Paulissen, Maurice P C P ^a   Van Der Ven, Paul J M ^a   Dees, Albert J ^a   Bobbink, Roland ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Bryophytes; Fen; Nitrate; Nitrogen deposition; Polytrichum commune; Scorpidium scorpioides; Sphagnum squarrosum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BRYOPHYTE; FEN; GROWTH; NITRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE; SCORPIDIUM; SCORPIDIUM SCORPIOIDES; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM SQUARROSUM;

EID: 9244251592     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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