Environmental control and intersite variations of phenolics in Betula nana in tundra ecosystems

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Authors: Graglia, Enrico, Julkunen-Tiitto, Riitta, Shaver, Gaius R., Schmidt, Inger K., Jonasson, Sven, Michelsen, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Arctic-alpine ecosystems; Betula nana (dwarf birch); Climate change experiments; Fertilization; Secondary metabolites; Shading; Tannin; Warming; Arctic; Abisko; Betula nana; Climate change; Dwarf birch; Northern Sweden; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/environmental-control-and-intersite-variations-of-phenolics-in-betula-nana-in-tundra-ecosystems(89561730-098c-4a34-8771-a96d343e2525).html; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2001.00149.x; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034936952&partnerID=8YFLogxK

• Secondary metabolites make leaves unpalatable for herbivores and influence decomposition. Site-specific differences are presented in phenolics and nitrogen in Betula nana leaves from dwarf shrub tundra at Abisko, northern Sweden, and from tussock tundra at Toolik Lake, Alaska, subjected to a decad...