Warming chambers stimulate early season growth of an arctic sedge: Results of a minirhizotron field study

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-626

  Sullivan, Patrick F ^a   Welker, Jeffrey M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Eriophorum vaginatum; Functional equilibrium; Leaf production; Passive warming; Root production

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RATE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT ROOTS; TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TOOLIK LAKE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CAREX CAPITATA; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM;

EID: 13844255768     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1764-3     Document Type: Article

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