Complex biotic interactions drive long-term vegetation change in a nitrogen enriched boreal forest

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1204-1211

  Nordin, Annika ^a   Strengbom, Joachim ^a   Forsum, Åsa ^a   Ericson, Lars ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biotic control; Nitrogen deposition; Trophic interactions; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTIC FACTOR; BOREAL FOREST; FUNGAL DISEASE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOTH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FUNGI; OPEROPHTERA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VALDENSINIA HETERODOXA;

EID: 71449100968     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9287-8     Document Type: Article

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