Microtopography and plant-cover controls on nitrogen dynamics in hummock tundra ecosystems in Siberia

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-443

  Biasi, Christina ^a   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a   Rusalimova, Olga ^b   Kaiser, Christina ^a   Meyer, Hildegard ^a   Barsukov, Pavel ^b   Richter, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; TUNDRA SOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 28844446203     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0435:MAPCON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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