Carbon balance of Arctic tundra under increased snow cover mediated by a plant pathogen

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-223

  Olofsson, Johan ^a   Ericson, Lars ^a   Torp, Mikaela ^a,b   Stark, Sari ^c   Baxter, Robert ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SNOW COVER; TUNDRA;

SWEDEN;

EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; FUNGI;

EID: 84555175548     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1142     Document Type: Article

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