Effects of a short-term climate change experiment on a sub-Antarctic keystone plant species

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1628-1639

  Le Roux, Peter C ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a   Nyakatya, Mawethu J ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Azorella selago; Cloche; Cushion plant; Epiphyte; Fellfield; Marion Island; Rainout shelter; Shading

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EPIPHYTE; RAINFALL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

AZORELLA SELAGO;

EID: 33745187767     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.001022.x     Document Type: Article

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