Responses of ground vegetation to prolonged simulated acid rain in sub-arctic pine-birch forest

The effects of prolonged simulated acid rain on percentage cover of ground vegetation, and on growth and reproduction of two dominating dwarf shrubs (Emapetrum nigrum and Vaccinium vaitisidaea) were examined in a field experiment in the Finnish Subarctic, in an area with low ambient levels of sulphu...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 136(1997), 4 vom: 18. Aug., Seite 613-625
1. Verfasser: Shevtsova, A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Neuvonen, S
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1997
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Empetrum nigrum Vaccinium vitis-idaea acid rain ground vegetation sub-arctic ecosystem
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