Field simulation of global change: Transplanting northern bog mesocosms southward

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 712-726

  Breeuwer, Angela ^a,c   Heijmans, Monique M P D ^a   Robroek, Bjorn J M ^a,b   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aboveground production; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrient concentrations; Sphagnum; Sweden; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON SINK; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MESOCOSM; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SHRUB; TRANSPLANTATION;

GERMANY; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM BALTICUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77954959097     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9349-y     Document Type: Article

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