Seasonal climate manipulations have only minor effects on litter decomposition rates and N dynamics but strong effects on litter P dynamics of sub-arctic bog species

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 809-819

  Aerts, R ^a   Callaghan, T V ^b,c   Dorrepaal, E ^a,d   van Logtestijn, R S P ^a   Cornelissen, J H C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Immobilization; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient mineralization; Phosphorus release

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOG; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LATITUDE; LEAF LITTER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS LAPPONICA; RUBUS; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS;

EID: 84867514126     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2330-z     Document Type: Article

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