Activity of temperate grassland plants and symbiotic fungi during the winter - implications for community structure and carbon cycling in a changing climate

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-521

  Birgander, Johanna ^a   Rousk, Johannes ^a   Olsson, Pål Axel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FREEZING; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WINTER;

EID: 84867592663     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: 17561051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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