Vegetation feedbacks of nutrient addition lead to a weaker carbon sink in an ombrotrophic bog

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3729-3739

  Larmola, Tuula ^a   Bubier, Jill L ^a   Kobyljanec, Christine ^a   Basiliko, Nathan ^b   Juutinen, Sari ^c   Humphreys, Elyn ^d   Preston, Michael ^b   Moore, Tim R ^e  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C balance; CO2; Decomposition; Nitrogen; Peatland; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Sphagnum; Substrate induced respiration

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECOMPOSITION; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; VEGETATION;

CANADA; MER BLEUE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; C BALANCE; CANADA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; SEASON; SPHAGNUM; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION; WETLAND;

C BALANCE; CO2; DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SPHAGNUM; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; ONTARIO; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; SEASONS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887498408     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12328     Document Type: Article

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