Solar ultraviolet-B radiation influence on Sphagnum bog and Carex fen ecosystems: First field season findings in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-234

  Searles, Peter S ^a   Flint, Stephan D ^a   Díaz, Susana B ^b   Rousseaux, M Cecilia ^c   Ballaré, Carlos L ^c   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carex fen; Ozone hole; Ozone reduction; Sphagnum bog; Tierra del Fuego; Ultraviolet B; UV B

Indexed keywords

BOG; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FEN; OZONE DEPLETION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ARGENTINA;

CAREX CURTA; CAREX DECIDUA; EMPETRUM RUBRUM; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; TETRONCIUM MAGELLANICUM;

EID: 0032812684     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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