Seasonal bryophyte productivity in the sub-Arctic: A comparison with vascular plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-378

  Street, Lorna E ^a   Stoy, Paul C ^b   Sommerkorn, Martin ^c   Fletcher, Benjamin J ^d   Sloan, Victoria L ^d   Hill, Timothy C ^a   Williams, Mathew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; CO 2 flux; Gross primary productivity; Moss; Photosynthesis; Snow melt; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC;

ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; POLYTRICHUM PILIFERUM; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84863415024     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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