Glasshouse vs field experiments: Do they yield ecologically similar results for assessing N impacts on peat mosses?

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 408-418

  Limpens, J ^a   Granath, G ^b   Aerts, R ^c   Heijmans, M M P D ^a   Sheppard, L J ^d   Bragazza, L ^e,f,g   Williams, B L ^h   Rydin, H ^b   Bubier, J ⁱ   Moore, T ^j   Rochefort, L ^k   Mitchell, E A D ^l   Buttler, A ^f,g,m   van den Berg, L J L ⁿ   Gunnarsson, U ^b   Francez, A J ^o   Gerdol, R ^e   Thormann, M ^p   Grosvernier, P ^q   Wiedermann, M M ^r   Nilsson, M B ^r   Hoosbeek, M R ^a   Bayley, S ^s   Nordbakken, J F ^t   Paulissen, M P C P ^a   Hotes, S ^u   Breeuwer, A ^a   Ilomets, M ^v   Tomassen, H B M ^w   Leith, I ^d   Xu, B ^x   more..

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^j MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^m université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

ⁿ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^p Aquilon Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^q LIN'eco   (Switzerland)

^r SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^t NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^u JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^v TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^w B Ware Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^x SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Carbon (C); Climate; Experiments; Meta analysis; Mires and peatlands; Nitrogen deposition; Productivity; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BOG; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD METHOD; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; MIRE; MOSS; NITROGEN; PEAT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT SHOOTS; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84862540534     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04157.x     Document Type: Article

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