Decoupled long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on aboveground and belowground properties in subalpine tundra

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 904-919

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

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground linkages; Deschampsia flexuosa; Empetrum hermaphroditum; Fertilization experiment; Microbial community; Nitrogen; Removal experiment; Subalpine tundra

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERTILIZER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMUS; LICHEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84876768093     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0948.1     Document Type: Article

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