Novel approaches to study climate change effects on terrestrial ecosystems in the field: Drought and passive nighttime warming

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 583-597

  Beier, Claus ^a   Emmett, Bridget ^b   Gundersen, Per ^c   Tietema, Albert ^d   Peñuelas, Josep ^e   Estiarte, Marc ^e   Gordon, Carmen ^f   Gorissen, Antonie ^g   Llorens, Laura ^e   Roda, Ferran ^e   Williams, Dylan ^h  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Climate change; Drought; Edge effects; Experimental manipulation; Nighttime warming; Shrubland ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EDGE EFFECT; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 1042306572     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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