Effect of muskox carcasses on nitrogen concentration in tundra vegetation

Arctic

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-392

  Danell, Kjell ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^b   Bråthen, Kari Anne ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canada; Carcass; Mosses; Muskox; Nitrogen; Ovibos moschatus; Tundra; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; MOSS; NITROGEN; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036993889     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic723     Document Type: Article

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