Effects of extreme weather events on plant productivity and tissue die-back are modified by community composition

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 752-763

  Kreyling, Juergen ^a,b   Wenigmann, Mike ^b   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^b   Jentsch, Anke ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Climate change; Drought; EVENT experiment; Functional diversity; Grassland; Heath; Heavy rainfall; Plant functional types

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 51249084372     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9157-9     Document Type: Article

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