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Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis

  • J. Limpens
  • , G. Granath
  • , U. Gunnarsson
  • , R. Aerts
  • , S. Bayley
  • , L. Bragazza
  • , J. Bubier
  • , A. Buttler
  • , L. J. L. van den Berg
  • , A-J. Francez
  • , R. Gerdol
  • , P. Grosvernier
  • , M. M. P. D. Heijmans
  • , M. R. Hoosbeek
  • , S. Hotes
  • , M. Ilomets
  • , I. Leith
  • , E. A. D. Mitchell
  • , T. Moore
  • , M. B. Nilsson
  • J-F. Nordbakken, L. Rochefort, H. Rydin, L. J. Sheppard, M. Thormann, M. M. Wiedermann, B. L. Williams, B. Xu

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Abstract

Our results indicate that current rates of N deposition in a warmer environment will strongly inhibit C sequestration by Sphagnum-dominated vegetation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)496-507
Number of pages12
JournalNew Phytologist
Volume191
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • carbon
  • climate
  • global change
  • meta-regression
  • nitrogen
  • peatlands
  • productivity
  • Sphagnum

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