Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition in boreal forests has a minor impact on the global carbon cycle

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 276-286

  Gundale, Michael J ^a   From, Fredrik ^a   Bach, Lisbet H ^a,b   Nordin, Annika ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

15N labeling; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Dwarf shrubs; Feather mosses; Nitrogen deposition; Productivity; Soil nitrogen uptake; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOREST COVER; NITROGEN; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA;

NITROGEN;

15N LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CHEMISTRY; DWARF SHRUBS; FEATHER MOSSES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METABOLISM; MOSS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; POACEAE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; SOIL NITROGEN UPTAKE; SPRUCE; SWEDEN; TREE; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

15N LABELING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DWARF SHRUBS; FEATHER MOSSES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL NITROGEN UPTAKE; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN; PICEA; POACEAE; SOIL; SWEDEN; TREES; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 84889663084     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12422     Document Type: Article

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