Competition as an amplifier of short-term vegetation responses to climate: An experimental test

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 388-395

  Dunnett, N P ^a   Grime, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate response; Genome size; Interspecific competition; Microcosm experiment; Perennial herbaceous vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032801880     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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