The effect of altered macroclimate on N-fixation by boreal feather mosses

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 805-808

  Gundale, Michael J ^a   Wardle, David A ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Climate change; Climate warming; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 84866653495     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0429     Document Type: Article

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