Above- and below-ground plant biomass response to experimental warming in northern Alaska

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-387

  Hollister, Robert D ^a   Flaherty, Kathryn J ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Science and Mathematics   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Below ground biomass; Biomass allocation; Carex aquatilis; Climate change; Mycorrhizal infection; Salix rotundifolia

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; CAREX AQUATILIS; SALIX; SALIX ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 77954328627     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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