Response of Sphagnum species mixtures to increased temperature and nitrogen availability

Plant Ecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-111

  Breeuwer, Angela ^a,b   Heijmans, Monique M P D ^a   Gleichman, Maurits ^a   Robroek, Bjorn J M ^a,c   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Leeds ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fungal infection; Nitrogen deposition; Ombrotrophic bog; Production; Species cover; Sphagnum; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM BALTICUM; SPHAGNUM CUSPIDATUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM;

EID: 70349865258     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9571-x     Document Type: Article

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