Compensatory responses to loss of warming-sensitive plant species

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 740-748

  Cross, Molly S ^a,c   Harte, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Compensation; Functional effect group; Functional response group; Nitrogen addition; Nonrandom species loss; Species removal experiment; Subalpine meadow

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPENSATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRASS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MIMOSA; POACEAE;

EID: 34247120721     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1029     Document Type: Article

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