Arctic mosses govern below-ground environment and ecosystem processes

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 931-941

  Gornall, J L ^a   Jonsdottir I S ^b   Woodin, S J ^c   Van Der Wal, R ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem processes; Moss depth; Nitrogen availability; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; SOIL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TEMPERATURE;

BRYOPHYTA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SVALBARD; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34548572749     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0785-0     Document Type: Article

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