Six years of solar UV-B manipulations affect growth of Sphagnum and vascular plants in a Tierra del Fuego peatland

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-389

  Robson, T Matthew ^a   Pancotto, Verónica A ^b   Flint, Stephan D ^a   Ballaré, Carlos L ^b   Sala, Osvaldo E ^b   Scopel, Ana L ^b   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; Long term ecological study; Ozone depletion; Peatland; Plant community; Sphagnum; Tierra del Fuego; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PEATLAND; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARGENTINA;

BRYOPHYTA; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM RUBRUM; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; TETRONCIUM; TETRONCIUM MAGELLANICUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0142154042     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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