Above-ground and below-ground responses to long-term nutrient addition across a retrogressive chronosequence

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 545-560

  Wardle, David A ^a   Jonsson, Micael ^b   Mayor, Jordan R ^a   Metcalfe, Daniel B ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Above ground below ground linkages; Environmental gradient; Fertilizer; Microbial community; Nitrogen; Phosphorous; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Retrogression; Succession

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; RETROGRESSION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84958947177     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12520     Document Type: Article

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