Plant community responses to 5 years of simulated climate change in meadow and heath ecosystems at a subarctic-alpine site

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 601-610

  Jägerbrand, Annika K ^a,d   Alatalo, Juha M ^b   Chrimes, Dillon ^c   Molau, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Lichens; Nutrient addition; Plant functional types; Warming

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HEATHLAND; LICHEN; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BETULA NANA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 70349269097     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1392-z     Document Type: Article

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