Does nitrogen deposition affect soil microfungal diversity and soil N and P dynamics in a high Arctic ecosystem?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1065-1079

  Robinson, Clare H ^a   Saunders, Philip W ^a   Madan, Nanette J ^a   Pryce Miller, E Janie ^a   Pentecost, Allan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungi; High Arctic; N deposition; P deficiency; Polar semidesert; Soil N saturation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; FUNGUS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NITROGEN;

FUNGI;

EID: 3242738169     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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