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Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities

scientific article published in February 2011

Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Ambient nitrogen deposition drives plant‐diversity decline by nitrogen accumulation in a closed grassland ecosystem

scientific article published in 2021

An integrated belowground trait‐based understanding of nitrogen‐driven plant diversity loss

scientific article published on 01 March 2022

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide

scientific article published in June 2015

Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands

article

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in terrestrial ecosystems: Its impact on plant communities and consequences across trophic levels

scientific article published on 09 February 2018

Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

correction of a scholarly article

Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Author Correction: Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published in 2024

Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Belowground competition drives invasive plant impact on native species regardless of nitrogen availability

scientific article

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

scientific article

Biodiversity of Acid Grasslands in the Atlantic Regions of Europe: The Impact of Nitrogen Deposition

Biogeographic differences in soil biota promote invasive grass response to nutrient addition relative to co-occurring species despite lack of belowground enemy release

scientific article

Biological Flora of the British Isles:Campanula rotundifolia

scientific article published in 2012

C4 trees have a broader niche than their close C3 relatives

scientific article published on 01 May 2022

Can on-site management mitigate nitrogen deposition impacts in non-wooded habitats?

Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability

scientific article published in 2024

Changes in species composition of European acid grasslands observed along a gradient of nitrogen deposition

article

Chronic nitrogen addition differentially affects gross nitrogen transformations in alpine and temperate grassland soils

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference

scientific article published in 2023

Comment on Pescott & Jitlal 2020: Failure to account for measurement error undermines their conclusion of a weak impact of nitrogen deposition on plant species richness

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article

Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

scientific article published in September 2015

Contributing understanding of mitigation options for phosphorus and sediment to a review of the efficacy of contemporary agricultural stewardship measures

article

Contribution of acidification and eutrophication to declines in species richness of calcifuge grasslands along a gradient of atmospheric nitrogen deposition

article

Correction to: Mowing mitigates the negative impacts of N addition on plant species diversity

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Detecting the footprint of changing atmospheric nitrogen deposition loads on acid grasslands in the context of climate change

scholarly article by Cassandre Gaudnik et al published 18 July 2011 in Global Change Biology

Determining the cost of in-field mitigation options to reduce sediment and phosphorus loss

article published in 2013

Differences in yield, Ellenberg N value, tissue chemistry and soil chemistry 15 years after the cessation of nitrogen addition

article

Differential Effects of Oxidised and Reduced Nitrogen on Vegetation and Soil Chemistry of Species-Rich Acidic Grasslands

Diffuse Pollution Swapping in Arable Agricultural Systems

article by Carly J. Stevens & John N. Quinton published June 2009 in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Disparities between plant community responses to nitrogen deposition and critical loads in UK semi-natural habitats

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands

scientific article published in December 2023

Drivers of vegetation change in grasslands of the Sheffield region, northern England, between 1965 and 2012/13

article

Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions

scientific article

Ecosystem responses to reduced and oxidised nitrogen inputs in European terrestrial habitats.

scientific article published on 06 January 2011

Effects of the frequency and the rate of N enrichment on community structure in a temperate grassland

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

Enhancement of 14 C-phenanthrene mineralisation in the presence of plant-root biomass in PAH-NAPL amended soil

article

Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass

scientific article published on 31 March 2023

Environmental myopia: a diagnosis and a remedy

scientific article

European Semiarid Mediterranean Ecosystems are Sensitive to Nitrogen Deposition: Impacts on Plant Communities and Root Phosphatase Activity

article

Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 February 2014

Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Explanations for nitrogen decline

scientific article published on 10 June 2022

Extensive management promotes plant and microbial nitrogen retention in temperate grassland

scientific article

Fewer new species colonize at low frequency N addition in a temperate grassland

article

General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Globally consistent response of plant microbiome diversity across hosts and continents to soil nutrients and herbivores

scientific article published on 14 June 2023

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Grassland species composition and biogeochemistry in 153 sites along environmental gradients in Europe

article

Grassland species root response to drought: consequences for soil carbon and nitrogen availability

article

Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

scientific article published on 9 March 2014

Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient. ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

Hillslope scale surface runoff, sediment and nutrient losses associated with tramline wheelings

scientific article published in 2010

How long do ecosystems take to recover from atmospheric nitrogen deposition?

How will the semi-natural vegetation of the UK have changed by 2030 given likely changes in nitrogen deposition?

scientific article published on 2 October 2015

Impact of nitrogen deposition at the species level

scientific article published on 27 December 2012

Impact of nitrogen deposition on the species richness of grasslands

scientific article published in March 2004

Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture

scientific article published in 2017

Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands

scientific article

Impacts of nutrient addition on soil carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry and stability in globally-distributed grasslands

scientific article published in 2022

Increasing Soil Nutrient Loads of European Semi-natural Grasslands Strongly Alter Plant Functional Diversity Independently of Species Loss

article

Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Inferring nitrogen deposition from plant community composition

article

Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands

scientific article published on 21 January 2025

Intra-specific spatial aggregation in acidic grasslands: effects of acidification and nitrogen deposition on spatial patterns of plant communities

article

Invasive N-fixer Impacts on Litter Decomposition Driven by Changes to Soil Properties Not Litter Quality

Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm

scientific article

Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment

scientific article published on 24 October 2022

Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands

Long-term changes in calcareous grassland vegetation in North-western Germany – No decline in species richness, but a shift in species composition

article

Making ecological science policy-relevant: issues of scale and disciplinary integration

scientific article published in 2007

Managing for nitrogen, the lesser of two evils. A response to Maes et al

Mitigation Options for Sediment and Phosphorus Loss from Winter-sown Arable Crops

article

More salt, please: global patterns, responses and impacts of foliar sodium in grasslands

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Mowing mitigates the negative impacts of N addition on plant species diversity.

scientific article published on 6 February 2019

Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication

scientific article published in 2023

Near and far: engaging students with place through Minecraft

scholarly article published in 2023

Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide

scientific article published on 06 July 2021

Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents

scientific article published in 2022

Nitrogen deposition and climate: an integrated synthesis

scientific article published in 2022

Nitrogen deposition and loss of biological diversity: Agricultural land retirement as a policy response

article

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

article

Nitrogen deposition and reduction of terrestrial biodiversity: evidence from temperate grasslands

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Nitrogen deposition and reduction of terrestrial biodiversity: evidence from temperate grasslands.

scientific article published in December 2005

Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe

scientific article

Nitrogen in the environment

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands

scientific article published in 2023

Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss

scientific article published on 30 November 2022

Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands

scientific article published on 27 December 2021

Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across spatial scales through different pathways

scientific article published on 18 January 2022

Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

scientific article published in September 2017

Personal nitrogen footprint tool for the United Kingdom

article

Perspectives on the scientific legacy of J. Philip Grime

scientific article published on 18 August 2023

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Point Source Ammonia Emissions are Having a Detrimental Impact On Prairie Vegetation

Policy implications of pollution swapping

article by Carly J. Stevens & John N. Quinton published January 2009 in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Potential use of rare earth oxides as tracers of organic matter in grassland

scholarly article by Mehmet Senbayram et al published 20 February 2015 in Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Potential vulnerability of 348 herbaceous species to atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in the United States

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness

scientific article

Publisher Correction: Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference

scientific article published on 12 July 2023

Quantifying the recent expansion of native invasive rush species in a UK upland environment

scientific article

Raising awareness about food security using a massive open online course

scientific article published in 2019

Rapid plant species loss at high rates and at low frequency of N addition in temperate steppe

scientific article

Recent advances in understanding grasslands

scholarly article by Carly Stevens published 30 August 2018 in F1000Research

Regional contingencies in the relationship between aboveground biomass and litter in the world's grasslands

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Regional trends in soil acidification and exchangeable metal concentrations in relation to acid deposition rates

scientific article published on 31 July 2008

Sensitivity of global soil carbon stocks to combined nutrient enrichment

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Simulated nitrogen deposition affects soil fauna from a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem in central Spain

article

Soil chemistry and fertility alterations in response to N application in a semiarid Mediterranean shrubland

article

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events

scientific article published on 27 November 2024

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Soil phosphorus constrains biodiversity across European grasslands

scientific article

Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients?

scientific article

Spatial gradient in nitrogen deposition affects plant species frequency in acidic grasslands.

scientific article

Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation

article

Spatial turnover of multiple ecosystem functions is more associated with plant than soil microbial β‐diversity

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Spatio-temporal challenges in representing wildlife disturbance within a GIS

scholarly article published April 2017

Species losses, gains, and changes in persistent species are associated with distinct effects on ecosystem functioning in global grasslands

Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity

scientific article published in 2021

Terricolous lichens as indicators of nitrogen deposition: Evidence from national records

article

Testing the influence of topography and material properties on catchment-scale soil moisture patterns using remotely sensed vegetation patterns in a humid temperate catchment, northern Britain

article published in 2012

The Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity

article

The Role of Nitrogen Deposition in Widespread Plant Community Change Across Semi-natural Habitats

article

The ecosystem services of urban soils: A review

scholarly article

The effect of nitrogen deposition on the species richness of acid grasslands in Denmark: a comparison with a study performed on a European scale

scientific article

The impact of nitrogen deposition on acid grasslands in the Atlantic region of Europe

scientific article

The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

scientific article published on 19 October 2023

Towards the integration of urban planning and biodiversity conservation through collaboration

scholarly article published October 2015

Understanding how changing soil nitrogen affects plant–pollinator interactions

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

What is the most ecologically-meaningful metric of nitrogen deposition?

scientific article published on 18 January 2019

Wheat's wild relatives vary in their response to nitrogen and ozone

Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published on 5 August 2024

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