Biomass and nutrient responses of a clonal tundra sedge to climate warming

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1608-1621

  Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S ^a,b   Khitun, Olga ^a,c   Stenström, Anna ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Naturvårdsenheten ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carex bigelowii; Climate change; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Ramet development; Resource allocation; Subarctic alpine

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CAREX BIGELOWII; RAMET DEVELOPMENT; SUBARCTIC-ALPINE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; TUNDRA;

BIOMASS; CLIMATES; GROWTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEDGES;

CAREX BIGELOWII;

EID: 33744459202     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-129     Document Type: Article

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