Initial effects of experimental warming on carbon exchange rates, plant growth and microbial dynamics of a lichen-rich dwarf shrub tundra in Siberia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 191-205

  Biasi, Christina ^a,d   Meyer, Hildegard ^a   Rusalimova, Olga ^b   Hämmerle, Rainer ^a   Kaiser, Christina ^a   Baranyi, Christian ^a   Daims, Holger ^a   Lashchinsky, Nikolaj ^c   Barsukov, Pavel ^b   Richter, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic ecosystem; Carbon balance; Experimental warming; Microbial community structure; Nutrient cycling; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LICHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA; WARMING;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 43349093473     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9596-2     Document Type: Article

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