Litter type affects the activity of aerobic decomposers in a boreal peatland more than site nutrient and water table regimes

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2741-2755

  Strakova, P ^a,b   Niemi, R M ^c   Freeman, C ^d   Peltoniemi, K ^b   Toberman, H ^d,e   Heiskanen, I ^c   Fritze, H ^b   Laiho, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DRAWDOWN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; WATER TABLE;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80053334414     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2741-2011     Document Type: Article

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