Effects of nutrient addition on vegetation and carbon cycling in an ombrotrophic bog

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1168-1186

  Bubier, Jill L ^a   Moore, Tim R ^b   Bledzki, Leszek A ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Carbon cycling; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrients; Peatland; Plant biomass; Polytrichum moss; Sphagnum moss

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF LITTER; MOSS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VEGETATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

BRYOPHYTA; POLYTRICHUM; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250316469     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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