Conditional vulnerability of plant diversity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across the United States

SM Simkin, EB Allen, WD Bowman… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has been shown to decrease plant species richness
along regional deposition gradients in Europe and in experimental manipulations. However …

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

R Bobbink, K Hicks, J Galloway… - Ecological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is a recognized threat to plant diversity in temperate
and northern parts of Europe and North America. This paper assesses evidence from field …

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in world biodiversity hotspots: the need for a greater global perspective in assessing N deposition impacts

GK Phoenix, WK Hicks, S Cinderby… - Global change …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is known to reduce plant diversity in natural
and semi‐natural ecosystems, yet our understanding of these impacts comes almost entirely …

Scale‐dependent responses of plant biodiversity to nitrogen enrichment

DR Chalcraft, SB Cox, C Clark, EE Cleland… - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental studies demonstrating that nitrogen (N) enrichment reduces plant diversity
within individual plots have led to the conclusion that anthropogenic N enrichment is a threat …

Nitrogen deposition and plant biodiversity: past, present, and future

RJ Payne, NB Dise, CD Field, AJ Dore… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive nitrogen (N) deposition from intensive agricultural and industrial activity has been
identified as the third greatest threat to global terrestrial biodiversity, after land‐use and …

Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment

CM Clark, EE Cleland, SL Collins, JE Fargione… - Ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Global energy use and food production have increased nitrogen inputs to ecosystems
worldwide, impacting plant community diversity, composition, and function. Previous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrogen effects on plant species richness in herbaceous communities are more widespread and stronger than those of phosphorus

MB Soons, MM Hefting, E Dorland, LPM Lamers… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment are known to impact plant diversity
globally. Recent studies suggest that P enrichment may be as important, or even more …

Nitrogen critical loads for alpine vegetation and terrestrial ecosystem response: are we there yet?

WD Bowman, JR Gartner, K Holland… - Ecological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in the deposition of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) have been linked to several
terrestrial ecological changes, including soil biogeochemistry, plant stress susceptibility, and …

Negative to positive shifts in diversity effects on soil nitrogen over time

X Chen, HYH Chen, EB Searle, C Chen… - Nature Sustainability, 2021 - nature.com
Soil nitrogen (N) availability is of critical importance to the productivity of terrestrial
ecosystems worldwide. Plant diversity continues to decline globally due to habitat …

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition explains patterns of plant species loss

CJ McCLEAN, LJL Van den Berg… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition across Europe increased substantially from the 1950s
to the 1990s. Targeted surveys suggest a negative correlation between N deposition and …