The relative abundance of three plant functional types in temperate grasslands and shrublands of North and South America: Effects of projected climate change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 875-888

  Epstein, Howard E ^a   Gill, Richard A ^b   Paruelo, Jose M ^c   Lauenroth, William K ^d   Jia, Gensuo J ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 grasses; C4 grasses; Climate change; North America; Plant functional types; Precipitation; Shrubs; South America; Temperature; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 0036339873     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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