The effects of air‐borne nitrogen pollutants on species diversity in natural and semi‐natural European vegetation

R Bobbink, M Hornung, JGM Roelofs - Journal of ecology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of increased atmospheric nitrogen inputs, from both NOy and NHx, on diversity in
various semi‐natural and natural ecosystems are reviewed. The severity of these impacts …

Evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants

AM Ellison, NJ Gotelli - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2001 - cell.com
After more than a century of being regarded as botanical oddities, carnivorous plants have
emerged as model systems that are appropriate for addressing a wide array of ecological …

Growth-limiting nutrients in Sphagnum-dominated bogs subject to low and high atmospheric nitrogen supply

R Aerts, B Wallέn, N Malmer - Journal of ecology, 1992 - JSTOR
1. The effects of increased nitrogen or phosphorus supply on the productivity of Sphagnum-
dominated ombrotrophic bogs in northern and southern Sweden were studied. Atmospheric …

Multiple limiting gradients in peatlands: a call for a new paradigm

SD Bridgham, J Pastor, JA Janssens, C Chapin… - Wetlands, 1996 - Springer
Peatlands often have readily apparent gradients of plant species distributions,
biogeochemistry, and hydrology across several spatial scales. Many inferences have been …

Tansley Review No. 24 Why are atmospheric oxides of nitrogen usually phytotoxic and not alternative fertilizers?

AR Wellburn - New phytologist, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric pollution by the oxides of nitrogen, NO and NO2, can cause reductions in
growth but rarely visible injury. This review considers their uptake into foliage, as well as …

Interactions betweenSphagnum mosses and field layer vascular plants in the development of peat-forming systems

N Malmer, BM Svensson, B Wallén - Folia Geobotanica et …, 1994 - Springer
The interactions between field layer vascular plants and Sphagnum mosses in peat-forming
systems are discussed in terms of differences in growth strategies, access to light …

[PDF][PDF] Empirical nitrogen critical loads for natural and semi-natural ecosystems: 2002 update

R Bobbink, M Ashmore, S Braun… - … critical loads for …, 2003 - researchgate.net
The emissions of ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have strongly increased in
Europe in the second half of the 20th century. Ammonia is volatilized from intensive …

Growth, production, and decomposition dynamics of Sphagnum under natural and experimentally acidified conditions

L Rochefort, DH Vitt, SE Bayley - Ecology, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Annual linear growth, net primary production, and decomposition of Sphagnum fuscum,
Sphagnum magellanicum, and Sphagnum angustifolium were measured under …

Bryophytes

HG Zechmeister, K Grodzińska… - Trace Metals and other …, 2003 - Elsevier
The use of bryophytes as bioindicators and biomonitors in terrestrial and aquatic habitats is
reviewed in this article. Bryophytes are excellent indicators for a wide range of contaminants …

Effects of nitrogen loading on wetland ecosystems with particular reference to atmospheric deposition

JT Morris - Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1991 - JSTOR
Wetlands fulfill an important role in global biogeochemical cycles. For example, they transfer
to the atmosphere globally significant quantities of CH4 (60, 61) and reduced sulfur gases …