Soil moisture mediates association between the winter North Atlantic Oscillation and summer growth in the Park Grass Experiment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1590, 2006, Pages 1149-1154

  Kettlewell, P S ^a   Easey, J ^a   Stephenson, D B ^b   Poulton, P R ^c  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Grassland; Herbage growth rate; North Atlantic Oscillation; Potential soil moisture deficit

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HERBAGE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; WINTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOIL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERTFORDSHIRE; ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

RAIN;

POACEAE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 33746748292     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3428     Document Type: Article

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