Moss-specific changes in nitrogen fixation following two decades of warming, shading, and fertilizer addition

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-706

  Sorensen, Pernille L ^a   Lett, Signe ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Aulacomnium turgidum; Bryophyte; Climate change; Hylocomium splendens; Nitrogen fixation; Vegetation cover; Warming

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHADING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

AULACOMNIUM; AULACOMNIUM TURGIDUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYLOCOMIUM; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859267699     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0034-4     Document Type: Article

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