Effects of simulated long-term climatic change on the bryophytes of a limestone grassland community

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 757-769

  Bates, Jeffrey W ^a   Thompson, Ken ^b   Grime, J Philip ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Calcareous grassland; Climate change; Drought; Warming

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; WARMING;

BUXTON; DERBYSHIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CALLIERGONELLA CUSPIDATA; CAMPYLIADELPHUS CHRYSOPHYLLUS; CUSPIDATA; FISSIDENS DUBIUS; HOMALOTHECIUM LUTESCENS; LOPHOCOLEA BIDENTATA; RHYTIDIADELPHUS SQUARROSUS;

EID: 19344366816     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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