Enhanced soil fertility under Juniperus communis in arctic ecosystems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 147-155

  DeLuca, Thomas Henry ^a,b   Zackrisson, Olle ^b  

^a Wilderness Society Bozeman   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Feather moss; Fertile islands; Juniper; Nitrogen fixation; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM; CARBON; CONIFEROUS TREE; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; IRON; LICHEN; MAGNESIUM; MOSS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL CRUST; SOIL FERTILITY; TUNDRA; ZINC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 34249031586     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9242-4     Document Type: Article

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