Nitrogen concentration and δ15N signature of ombrotrophic Sphagnum mosses at different N deposition levels in Europe

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-114

  Bragazza, Luca ^a   Limpens, Juul ^b   Gerdol, Renato ^a   Grosvernier, Philippe ^c   Hájek, Michal ^d   Hájek, Tomáš ^e   Hajkova, Petra ^d   Hansen, Ina ^f   Iacumin, Paola ^g   Kutnar, Lado ^h   Rydin, Håkan ⁱ   Tahvanainen, Teemu ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LIN'eco   (Switzerland)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^h SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Eutrophication; Global change; Inorganic nitrogen; Internal nitrogen relocation; Isotope; Nitrogen retention; Nitrogen saturation; Peatlands; Pore water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MIRE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POREWATER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; CAPITULUM; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 19944431750     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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