Long-term warming and litter addition affects nitrogen fixation in a subarctic heath

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 528-537

  Sorensen, Pernille Laerkedal ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Hylocomium splendens; Moss associated N2 fixation; Sphagnum warnstorfii; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARCTIC;

BRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM WARNSTORFII;

EID: 78649761710     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02234.x     Document Type: Article

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