Enhanced growth of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) in response to manipulated ecosystem warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 736-742

  Perfors, Tracy ^a   Harte, John ^b   Alter, S Elizabeth ^c  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age detrending; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Sagebrush; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; RANGE EXPANSION; SNOWMELT;

UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0038321627     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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