Nonintrusive field experiments show different plant responses to warming and drought among sites, seasons, and species in a north-south European gradient

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 598-612

  Peñuelas, Josep ^a   Gordon, Carmen ^b   Llorens, Laura ^a   Nielsen, T ^c   Tietema, Albert ^d   Beier, Claus ^e   Bruna, P ^a   Emmett, Bridget ^b   Estiarte, Marc ^a   Gorissen, Antonie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Climate change; Drought; Erica multiflora; European gradient; Flowering; Heathland; Herbivory; Plant biomass; Plant chemistry; Shrubland; Warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOWERING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SHRUBLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICA;

EID: 4744343737     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0179-7     Document Type: Article

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