Impacts of enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on mosses in a subarctic heath ecosystem

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1844-1851

  Gehrke, Carola ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Competitive and mutualistic relations; Growth; Hylocomium splendens; Polytrichum commune; Shoot architecture; UV B screening pigments

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEATHLAND; MOSS; SUBARCTIC REGION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0032825572     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1844:IOEUBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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