Performance of High Arctic tundra plants improved during but deteriorated after exposure to a simulated extreme temperature event

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2078-2089

  Marchand, Fleur L ^a   Mertens, Sofie ^a   Kockelbergh, Fred ^a   Beyens, Louis ^a   Nijs, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Carbon balance; Extreme temperature events; Plant performance; Stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; PLANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA;

ARCTAGROSTIS LATIFOLIA; CAREX BIGELOWII; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA;

EID: 33645366841     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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