Raised atmospheric CO2 levels and increased N deposition cause shifts in plant species composition and production in Sphagnum bogs

Global Change Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 591-598

  Berendse, Frank ^a   Van Breemen, Nico ^a   Rydin, Håkan ^b   Buttler, Alexandre ^c   Heijmans, Monique ^a   Hoosbeek, Marcel R ^a   Lee, John A ^d   Mitchell, Edward ^e   Saarinen, Timo ^f   Vasander, Harri ^f   Wallén, Bo ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bogs; Carbon dioxide; Nitrogen; Peatlands; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; WETLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; POLYTRICHUM STRICTUM; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0034893599     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2001.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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