Laurens B. Sparrius, Annemieke M. Kooijman and Jan Sevink
Article first published online: 18 MAY 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01206.x
Spergulo-Corynephoretum vegetation was treated with N and P in a high and low N-deposition site. N-addition resulted in decrease of lichens and increase of grasses, whereas P had an opposite effect. The results suggests that cryptogams, not vascular plants, were P-limited even in the low N deposition site, and provide further evidence that lichens decrease due to N deposition.