Bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations as regulators of the northern latitude carbon balance in response to global change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2022-2035

  Lindo, Zoë ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^b   Gundale, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; C sequestration; Cyanobacteria; Heterotrophic respiration; Net primary productivity; Nitrogen fixation; Northern latitude systems

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BRYOPHYTE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLOBAL CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARCTIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN FIXATION; TREES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84878623658     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12175     Document Type: Review

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