Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming sphagnum mosses: A meta-analysis

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 496-507

  Limpens, J ^a   Granath, G ^b   Gunnarsson, U ^b   Aerts, R ^c   Bayley, S ^d   Bragazza, L ^e,f,g   Bubier, J ^h   Buttler, A ^f,g,i   van den Berg, L J L ^j   Francez, A J ^k   Gerdol, R ^e   Grosvernier, P ^l   Heijmans, M M P D ^a   Hoosbeek, M R ^a   Hotes, S ^m   Ilomets, M ⁿ   Leith, I ^o   Mitchell, E A D ^p   Moore, T ^q   Nilsson, M B ^r   Nordbakken, J F ^s   Rochefort, L ^t   Rydin, H ^b   Sheppard, L J ^o   Thormann, M ^u   Wiedermann, M M ^r   Williams, B L ^v   Xu, B ^w   more..

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^l LIN'eco ^*  (Switzerland)

^m JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁿ TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^o CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^q MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^s NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^t UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^u Aquilon Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^v SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^w SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carbon; Climate; Global change; Meta regression; Nitrogen; Peatlands; Productivity; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RAIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; INHIBITION; META-ANALYSIS; MOSS; NITROGEN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

BAYES THEOREM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79959821007     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03680.x     Document Type: Article

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