Direct and indirect control by snow cover over decomposition in alpine tundra along a snowmelt gradient

Plant and Soil

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 397-410

  Baptist, Florence ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^b   Choler, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Growth form; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen mineralization; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FREEZING; GRASS; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAF LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA;

EID: 77049105140     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0119-6     Document Type: Article

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