Research frontiers in climate change: Effects of extreme meteorological events on ecosystems

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 621-628

  Jentsch, Anke ^a,b   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drought; Ecosystem service; Experiment; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 52949107526     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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