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Glasshouse vs field experiments: do they yield ecologically similar results for assessing N impacts on peat mosses?

  1. J. Limpens1,†,
  2. G. Granath2,†,
  3. R. Aerts3,
  4. M. M. P. D. Heijmans1,
  5. L. J. Sheppard4,
  6. L. Bragazza5,6,7,
  7. B. L. Williams8,
  8. H. Rydin2,
  9. J. Bubier9,
  10. T. Moore10,
  11. L. Rochefort11,
  12. E. A. D. Mitchell12,
  13. A. Buttler6,7,13,
  14. L. J. L. van den Berg14,
  15. U. Gunnarsson2,
  16. A. -J. Francez15,
  17. R. Gerdol5,
  18. M. Thormann16,
  19. P. Grosvernier17,
  20. M. M. Wiedermann18,
  21. M. B. Nilsson18,
  22. M. R. Hoosbeek19,
  23. S. Bayley20,
  24. J. -F. Nordbakken21,
  25. M. P. C. P. Paulissen22,
  26. S. Hotes23,
  27. A. Breeuwer1,
  28. M. Ilomets24,
  29. H. B. M. Tomassen25,
  30. I. Leith4,
  31. B. Xu26

Article first published online: 26 APR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04157.x

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 195, Issue 2, pages 408–418, July 2012

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Limpens, J., Granath, G., Aerts, R., Heijmans, M. M. P. D., Sheppard, L. J., Bragazza, L., Williams, B. L., Rydin, H., Bubier, J., Moore, T., Rochefort, L., Mitchell, E. A. D., Buttler, A., van den Berg, L. J. L., Gunnarsson, U., Francez, A. .-J., Gerdol, R., Thormann, M., Grosvernier, P., Wiedermann, M. M., Nilsson, M. B., Hoosbeek, M. R., Bayley, S., Nordbakken, J. .-F., Paulissen, M. P. C. P., Hotes, S., Breeuwer, A., Ilomets, M., Tomassen, H. B. M., Leith, I. and Xu, B. (2012), Glasshouse vs field experiments: do they yield ecologically similar results for assessing N impacts on peat mosses?. New Phytologist, 195: 408–418. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04157.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands

  2. 2

    Department of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden

  3. 3

    Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Systems Ecology, Free University of Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  4. 4

    Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Edinburgh Bush Estate Penicuik, EH26 0QB, Scotland

  5. 5

    Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy

  6. 6

    WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Wetlands Research Group, Site Lausanne, Station 2, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

  7. 7

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Laboratory of Ecological Systems (ECOS), Batiment GR, Station 2, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

  8. 8

    Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK

  9. 9

    Mount Holyoke College, Environmental Studies Department, Clapp Laboratory, 50 College Street, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, USA

  10. 10

    Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6

  11. 11

    Department of Plant Sciences, Université Laval, 2425 rue de l’Agriculture, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6

  12. 12

    Laboratory of Soil Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

  13. 13

    Laboratory of Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 CNRS – INRA, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

  14. 14

    Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  15. 15

    UMR 6553 ECOBIO & FR90 CAREN, Rennes University, CNRS, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

  16. 16

    Aquilon Environmental Consulting Ltd., 3111 Spence Wynd SW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6X 0H7

  17. 17

    LIN’eco, Case postale 80, 2732 Reconvilier, Switzerland

  18. 18

    Soil Science, Biogeochemistry, Department of Forest Ecology & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umeå, Sweden

  19. 19

    Earth System Science – Climate Change, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, the Netherlands

  20. 20

    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9

  21. 21

    The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Postbox 115, 1431 Ås, Norway

  22. 22

    Alterra, Team Ecological Modelling and Monitoring, Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands

  23. 23

    Department of Animal Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 (IFZ), D-35392 Giessen, Germany

  24. 24

    Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Ecology, Tallinn University, Uus-Sadama 5, EE-10120 Tallinn, Estonia

  25. 25

    B-Ware Research Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  26. 26

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1125 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

*Author for correspondence: Juul Limpens Tel: +31 317483173 Email: juul.limpens@wur.nl

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 JUN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 26 APR 2012
  3. Received: 25 January 2012, Accepted: 18 March 2012

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Fig. S1 Scatterplots of effect size vs sample size and sample variance (i.e. within-study variance) for PRODlnrr (a, c), and Nlnrr (b, d).

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Table S2 Supplementary models for PRODlnrr and Nlnrr testing effects of species, N dose concentration, N form and depth of the water table

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