El Niño effects on the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-94

  Holmgren, Milena ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^b   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^c   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^d   Mohren, Godefridus M J ^a  

^a Silviculture and Forest Ecology Group   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PANAMA; PLANT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035254173     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)02052-8     Document Type: Review

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