Shrub establishment under experimental global changes in a California grassland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-63

  Zavaleta, Erika S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccharis pilularis; Climate change; Colonization; Elevated CO2; Nitrogen fertilization; Shrub

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DROUGHT; GERMINATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SURVIVORSHIP; WARMING; WINTER; WOODY PLANT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS PILULARIS;

EID: 33745056709     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9051-x     Document Type: Article

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