Climate change has only a minor impact on nutrient resorption parameters in a high-latitude peatland

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-139

  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 ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Nutrient resorption efficiency; Nutrient resorption proficiency; Plant soil feedbacks

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FITNESS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PEATLAND; RESORPTION; SENESCENCE; WOODY PLANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; ROSACEA; SEASON; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; VACCINIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETULA; CLIMATE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; ROSACEA; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; VACCINIUM;

BETULA NANA; CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS LAPPONICA; RUBUS; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 33846618303     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0575-0     Document Type: Article

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