Experimental warming had little effect on carbon-based secondary compounds, carbon and nitrogen in selected alpine plants and lichens

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-376

  Nybakken, L ^a,b   Sandvik, S M ^c   Klanderud, K ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon; CBSC; Lichen compound; Lichens; Nitrogen; Secondary compounds; Temperature; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; LICHEN; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORWAY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79960240248     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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