Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 715-726

  Haugwitz, Merian Skouw ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benomyl; Bryophytes; Fellfield; Lichens; Nutrient availability; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHOOT; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBARCTIC REGION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952741880     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9857-z     Document Type: Article

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