Response of feather moss associated N2 fixation and litter decomposition to variations in simulated rainfall intensity and frequency

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 570-581

  Jackson, Benjamin G ^a   Martin, Pablo ^a,b   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Wardle, David A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Asociacion Forestal De Salamanca   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 79952998402     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18641.x     Document Type: Article

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