Long-term increases in snow pack elevate leaf N and photosynthesis in Salix arctica: Responses to a snow fence experiment in the High Arctic of NW Greenland

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Leffler, A Joshua ^a   Welker, Jeffery M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

and oxygen isotope composition; carbon; gas exchange; Greenland; leaf nitrogen; nitrogen; photosynthesis; Salix arctica (arctic willow); snow fence; Thule

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FENCES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

GAS EXCHANGE; GREENLAND; LEAF NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; SALIX ARCTICA; SNOW FENCES; THULE;

SNOW;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; SNOWPACK; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

SALIX ARCTICA;

EID: 84880904509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025023     Document Type: Article

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