Tundra plants protect the soil surface from UV

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1488-1490

  Hughes, Kevin A ^a   Scherer, Kerstin ^b   Svenøe, Trond ^c   Rettberg, Petra ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^b   Convey, Pete ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Microorganisms; Ozone depletion; Tundra; UV B; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOSIMETERS; MICROORGANISMS; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; OZONE DEPLETION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; TUNDRA;

SOILS;

BIODIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGY; OZONE DEPLETION; SOIL SURFACE; SOLAR RADIATION; TUNDRA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARCTIC;

BRYOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 33646468918     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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