Hemiparasite abundance in an alpine treeline ecotone increases in response to atmospheric CO2 enrichment

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a   Zumbrunn, Thomas ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; Melampyrum pratense; Plant growth; Reproduction; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; ECOTONE; HEMIPARASITE; REPRODUCTION; TREELINE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTION;

ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

MELAMPYRUM; MELAMPYRUM PRATENSE; MELAMPYRUM SYLVATICUM;

EID: 30544450193     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0255-5     Document Type: Article

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