Plant functional group identity influences short-term peatland ecosystem carbon flux: Evidence from a plant removal experiment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 454-462

  Ward, Susan E ^a,b   Bardgett, Richard D ^b   McNamara, Niall P ^a   Ostle, Nick J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Carbon cycle; Photosynthesis; Soil respiration; Stable isotope pulse labelling

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 62449269951     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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