Vascular plant success in a warming Antarctic may be due to efficient nitrogen acquisition

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-53

  Hill, Paul W ^a   Farrar, John ^a   Roberts, Paula ^a   Farrell, Mark ^a,b   Grant, Helen ^b   Newsham, Kevin K ^c   Hopkins, David W ^d,e   Bardgett, Richard D ^b   Jones, Davey L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VASCULAR PLANT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BRYOPHYTA; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SAGINA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79955577039     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1060     Document Type: Article

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