Nitrogen and carbon contents and δ15N and δ13C signatures in six bryophyte species: Assessment of long-term deposition changes (1980-2010) in Spanish beech forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2221-2228

  Delgado, Verónica ^a   Ederra, Alicia ^a   Santamaría, Jesús Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Homalothecium lutescens; Hypnum cupressiforme; Nitrogen deposition; Rhytidiadelphus loreus; Spain

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSS; NITROGEN CYCLE; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BRYOPHYTA; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; FAGUS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DIPLOPHYLLUM ALBICANS; FAGUS; HOMALOTHECIUM LUTESCENS; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; LEUCOBRYUM JUNIPEROIDEUM; POLYTRICHASTRUM FORMOSUM; RHYTIDIADELPHUS LOREUS;

EID: 84878629732     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12210     Document Type: Article

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