Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to prairie grasslands.

作者: Christopher M. Clark , David Tilman

DOI: 10.1038/NATURE06503

关键词: Environmental scienceSpecies diversityPollutionNitrogenEcologyDeposition (aerosol physics)Nitrogen depositionCombustionAgronomyGrasslandFossil fuel

摘要: … We measured plant species number and biomass in each plot every year … plant species numbers 24 , we calculated relative species numbers by dividing the number of plant species …

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