Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: Implications for responses to climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1600-1608

  Fay, Philip A ^a   Kaufman, Dawn M ^b   Nippert, Jesse B ^b   Carlisle, Jonathan D ^b   Harper, Christopher W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; Mesocosm; Photosynthesis; Productivity; Rainout shelter; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; LEAF; MESOCOSM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

POACEAE;

EID: 44849132085     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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