15N natural abundance of fossil peat reflects the influence of animal-derived nitrogen on vegetation

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Bergstrom, Dana M ^a,d   Stewart, George R ^b   Selkirk, Patricia M ^c   Schmidt, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Holocene; Macquarie Island; Peat; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PEAT; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND;

ACAENA; ANIMALIA; CALLITRICHE ANTARCTICA; CICONIIFORMES; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA; PHOCIDAE; PLANTAGINACEAE;

EID: 0036933929     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100807     Document Type: Article

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