Shoot biomass, δ13C, nitrogen and chlorophyll responses of two arctic dwarf shrubs to in situ shading, nutrient application and warming simulating climatic change

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Michelsen, Anders ^a,b   Jonasson, Sven ^a   Sleep, Darren ^b   Havström, Mats ^c   Callaghan, Terry V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Carbon isotopes; Cassiope tetragona; Empetrum hermaphroditum; Global change

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC DWARF SHRUB; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FERTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SHADE;

SWEDEN, LAPLAND;

CASSIOPE TETRAGONA; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 0029669086     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328785     Document Type: Article

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