Effects of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Plant Communities

Plant Growth and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 146-164

  Morecroft, M D ^a   Paterson, J S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Plant communities; Precipitation; Soil type; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949086677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988695.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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