Nitrogen isotope tracer acquisition in low and tall birch tundra plant communities: A 2 year test of the snow-shrub hypothesis

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 291-306

  Vankoughnett, Mathew R ^a   Grogan, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Increased snow; Shrub expansion; Snow shrub feedback hypothesis; Winter processes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84896399413     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9930-5     Document Type: Article

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