Warming effects on growth, production, and vegetation structure of alpine shrubs: A five-year experiment in northern Japan

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 280-287

  Kudo, Gaku ^a   Suzuki, Shizuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial warming; Biomass; Flowering; Plant height; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHRUB; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

(NORTH); JAPAN;

ARCTOUS; ARCTOUS ALPINUS; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; IDAEA; LEDUM PALUSTRE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PALUSTRE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS;

EID: 0037696431     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1179-6     Document Type: Article

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