The sensitivity of nitrogen fixation by a feathermoss-cyanobacteria association to litter and moisture variability in young and old boreal forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2542-2549

  Gundale, Michael J ^a   Gustafsson, Helena ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS; BOREAL FORESTS; DROUGHT TREATMENT; FOREST SITES; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; N-FIXATION; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; STAND AGE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

ACETYLENE; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSES; LIGHTING; MOISTURE;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITTER; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ACETYLENE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSES; ILLUMINATION; MOISTURE; NITROGEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS; CYANOBACTERIA; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 72649100248     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-160     Document Type: Article

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