Estimating impacts of lichens and bryophytes on global biogeochemical cycles

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-85

  Porada, Philipp ^a   Weber, Bettina ^b   Elbert, Wolfgang ^b   Pöschl, Ulrich ^b   Kleidon, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

global; lichens; mosses; Nutrient cycling; weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FUNGI; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GLOBAL; LICHENS; MOSSES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SURFACE WEATHERING;

WEATHERING;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEACHING; LICHEN; MOSS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84893200301     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004705     Document Type: Article

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