Modelling the effects of climate change on the growth of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) in Britain

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-575

  Pakeman, R J ^a   Marrs, R H ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COBRA; environmental change; ferns; physiological model; scaling

Indexed keywords

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; FILICOPHYTA;

BRACKEN; CLIMATIC CHANGE;

UK;

EID: 0030304339     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404985     Document Type: Article

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