Experimental evidence of reduced diversity of seedlings due to climate modification in a Mediterranean-type community

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 248-258

  Lloret, Francisco ^a   Penuelas, Josep ^b   Estiarte, Marc ^b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Drought; Global change; Mediterranean ecosystems; Seedling dynamics; Species diversity; Species recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1642570340     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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