Payne, R.J., Stevens, C.J., Dise, N.B. et al. (5 more authors) (2011) Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands. Environmental Pollution, 159 (10). pp. 2602-2608. ISSN 0269-7491
Abstract
Air pollutants are recognised as important agents of ecosystem change but few studies consider the effects of multiple pollutants and their interactions. Here we use ordination, constrained cluster analysis and indicator value analyses to identify potential environmental controls on species composition, ecological groupings and indicator species in a gradient study of UK acid grasslands. The community composition of these grasslands is related to climate, grazing, ozone exposure and nitrogen deposition, with evidence for an interaction between the ecological impacts of base cation and nitrogen deposition. Ozone is a key agent in species compositional change but is not associated with a reduction in species richness or diversity indices, showing the subtly different drivers on these two aspects of ecosystem degradation. Our results demonstrate the effects of multiple interacting pollutants, which may collectively have a greater impact than any individual agent.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Environmental Pollution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Ozone; Nitrogen deposition; Base cation deposition; Ordination; Critical loads; Biodiversity |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield) > Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2019 14:23 |
Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2019 14:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.009 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152433 |
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