Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community

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Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community. / Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, M S; Michelsen, A.

I: Plant Ecology, Bind 212, Nr. 4, 2011, s. 715-726.

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Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, MS & Michelsen, A 2011, 'Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community', Plant Ecology, bind 212, nr. 4, s. 715-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-010-9857-z

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Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, M. S., & Michelsen, A. (2011). Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community. Plant Ecology, 212(4), 715-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-010-9857-z

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Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow MS, Michelsen A. Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community. Plant Ecology. 2011;212(4):715-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-010-9857-z

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Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, M S ; Michelsen, A. / Long-term addition of fertilizer, labile carbon, and fungicide alters the biomass of plant functional groups in a subarctic-alpine community. I: Plant Ecology. 2011 ; Bind 212, Nr. 4. s. 715-726.

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abstract = "In subarctic ecosystems, plant growth ismostly limited by nutrient availability and harshclimate. Investigating how soil nutrient availabilitycontrols the plant community composition maytherefore help to understand indirect effects of climatechange. The study was conducted in a long-term fieldexperiment on a subarctic-alpine fellfield dominatedby woody evergreen shrubs, bryophytes, and lichens.To manipulate nutrient availability additions of NPKfertilizer, labile C, and fungicide (benomyl) weredone in a fully factorial design, replicated in sixblocks. The treatments were run for 10 years, and theaboveground plant biomass was harvested 4 and16 years after initiating the experiment. In addition,soil inorganic N and P concentration was analyzed thesame years. Increased nutrient availability (NPKfertilizer) largely increased the biomass of graminoidsand unexpectedly of bryophytes, but not of othervascular plant groups. Also, limitation of soil nutrientavailability caused by labile C addition decreased therelative proportion of green shoots in evergreenshrubs, although these were expected to cope betterwith the nutrient limitation than the opportunisticgraminoids, which, by contrast, were unaffected.Reduced fungal biomass due to benomyl additionwas accompanied by increased evergreen shrub andclubmoss biomass. Taken together, the effects oftreatments were most pronounced 16 years afterinitiation of the experiment, but despite changes inbiomass the overall plant community compositionwas resistant to environmental changes.",
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