Species composition interacts with fertilizer to control long-term change in tundra productivity

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3163-3181

  Shaver, Gaius R ^a   Syndonia Bret Harte, M ^a,b   Jones, Michael H ^c   Johnstone, Jill ^b   Gough, Laura ^a,c,d   Laundre, James ^a   Stuart Chapin III, F ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Arctic; Biomass; Brooks Range, Alaska; Fertilizer; Nutrients; Primary production; Secondary growth; Species composition; Specific leaf area; Tundra productivity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF AREA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0035662088     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3163:SCIWFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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