Recovery of ecosystem carbon fluxes and storage from herbivory

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-370

  Sjögersten, Sofie ^a   van der Wal, R ^b   Loonen, Maarten J J E ^c   Woodin, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon; Geese; Herbivory; Methane; Recovery; Tundra; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; LITTER; MEADOW; METHANE; MOSS; PHYTOMASS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL CARBON; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERFOWL;

ANSER; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; BRYOPHYTA; THORACICA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81855175375     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9516-4     Document Type: Article

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