Vegetation responses to local climatic changes induced by a water-storage reservoir

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-257

  Huntley, Brian ^a   Baxter, Robert ^a   Lewthwaite, Katherine J ^a   Willis, Stephen G ^a   Adamson, John K ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Climate change; Grassland; Long term vegetation change; Microclimate; Nuclear DNA content; Reservoir impacts; Upper teesdale flora

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000936459     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997599     Document Type: Article

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