Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2000/00209
Large-scale vegetation change and N inputs: quantifying the contribution of competing causes.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr M Hornung, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), NERC CEH - Merlewood
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Fowler, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Biodiversity (Penicuik)
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Ashmore, University of York, Environment
- Grant held at:
- NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), NERC CEH - Merlewood
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- Both atmospheric N deposition and agricultural intensification have been implicated in changes in vegetation character and diversity across Europe. While there is evidence that both these drivers have operated over the last 50 years; the challenge is to partition measured ecosystem responses between these independent but interacting factors. The proposed study would utilise vegetation (fixed plots) and land cover data from Countryside Surveys carried out in 1978, 1990 and 1998 along with national datasets of total N deposition for 1968, 1989 and 1996 to assess the relative impacts of the two drivers using multi-variate statistical techniques and general linear modelling. The data would also be used to test currently recommended values for critical loads of N for semi-natural vegetation in GB.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2000/00209
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Global Nitrogen Enrichment
This grant award has a total value of £43,566
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £28,270 | £2,293 | £13,004 |
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