Stevens, Carly J.; Dise, Nancy B.; Mountford, J. Owen and Gowing, David J.
(2004).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1126/science.1094678 |
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Abstract
range of ambient annual nitrogen deposition in the industrialized world (5 to 35 kg Nha–1 year–1), indicates that long-term, chronic nitrogen deposition has significantly reduced plant species richness. Species richness declines as a linear function of the rate of inorganic nitrogen deposition, with a reduction of one species per 4-m2 quadrat for every 2.5 kg Nha–1 year–1 of chronic nitrogen deposition. Species adapted to infertile conditions are systematically reduced at high nitrogen deposition. At the mean chronic nitrogen deposition rate of central Europe (17 kg Nha–1 year–1), there is a 23% species reduction compared with grasslands receiving the lowest levels of nitrogen deposition.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| ISSN: | 1095-9203 |
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| Academic Unit/Department: | Science > Environment, Earth and Ecosystems |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC) Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) |
| Item ID: | 4301 |
| Depositing User: | David Gowing |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2011 08:22 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/4301 |
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