A climatic threshold triggers the die-off of peat mosses during an extreme heat wave

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2688-2695

  Bragazza, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bogs; Climate warming; Drought; Heat wave; Italian Alps; Moss desiccation; Sphagnum; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MOSS; PEATLAND; WATER STRESS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 54449095583     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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