High nitrogen deposition alters the decomposition of bog plant litter and reduces carbon accumulation

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1163-1172

  Bragazza, Luca ^a,b,c   Buttler, Alexandre ^a,b   Habermacher, Jonathan ^a   Brancaleoni, Lisa ^c   Gerdol, Renato ^c   Fritze, Hannu ^d   Hanajík, Peter ^e   Laiho, Raija ^f   Johnson, David ^g  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litter accumulation modelling; Microbial diversity; Peatland; Primary production; S phagnum; Soil enzymatic activity; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BOG; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LITTER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84857141841     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02585.x     Document Type: Article

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