End-of-season effects of elevated temperature on ecophysiological processes of grassland species at different species richness levels

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Lemmens, C M H M ^a   Boeck, H J De ^a   Gielen, B ^a   Bossuyt, H ^b   Malchair, S ^c   Carnol, M ^c   Merckx, R ^b   Nijs, I ^a   Ceulemans, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Individual species responses; Postponed senescence; Soil drought; Synthesized ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; LEAF; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 33748099700     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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