Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 729-740

  Thébault, Aurélie ^a,b   Clément, Jean Christophe ^c   Ibanez, Sébastien ^b,c   Roy, Julien ^c   Geremia, Roberto A ^c   Pérez, Cecilia A ^e   Buttler, Alexandre ^a,b   Estienne, Yvan ^f   Lavorel, Sandra ^b,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Pontificia Univ Católica de Chile Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity Depto de Ecología ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ELEVATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; TREELINE;

CHILE; CORDILLERA DARWIN; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84900301777     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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