Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bog plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-41

  Dorrepaal, E ^a   Aerts, R ^a   Cornelissen, J H C ^a   Van Logtestijn, R S P ^a   Callaghan, T V ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global warming; Leaf litter; Peatlands; Plant growth form; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOG; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; BRYOPHYTA; CALAMAGROSTIS LAPPONICA; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33645232245     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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