Nitrogen uptake by Carex aquatilis during the winter-spring transition in a low Arctic wet meadow

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 737-744

  Edwards, Kate A ^a   Jefferies, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

15N; Arctic tundra; Carex aquatilis; Climate change; Nitrogen uptake; Plant phenology; Sedge meadows; Spring thaw; Winter biology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; GROWING SEASON; MEADOW; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; THAWING; TUNDRA;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA;

BRYOPHYTA; CAREX AQUATILIS;

EID: 77954720365     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01675.x     Document Type: Article

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