Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-408

  Nippert, Jesse B ^a   Fay, Philip A ^b   Carlisle, Jonathan D ^c   Knapp, Alan K ^d   Smith, Melinda D ^e  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii; Climate variability; Leaf gas exchange; RaMPs; Sensitivity; Sorghastrum nutans

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; C4 PLANT; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 64449087617     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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