Flowering phenology in a species-rich temperate grassland is sensitive to warming but not elevated CO2

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 815-822

  Hovenden, Mark J ^a   Wills, Karen E ^a   Vander Schoor, Jacqueline K ^a   Williams, Amity L ^a   Newton, Paul C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevated CO2; Flowering; Free air CO2 enrichment (FACE); Global warming; Grassland; Phenology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; HEAT; POACEAE; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 43449087009     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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