Unravelling the effects of temperature, latitude and local environment on the reproduction of forest herbs

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-651

  De Frenne, P ^a   Kolb, A ^b   Verheyen, K ^a   Brunet, J ^c   Chabrerie, O ^d   Decocq, G ^d   Diekmann, M ^b   Eriksson, O ^e   Heinken, T ^f   Hermy, M ^g   Jogar U ^h   Stanton, S ^g   Quataert, P ⁱ   Zindel, R ^j   Zobel, M ^h   Graae, B J ^j  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^j UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Europe; Herbaceous forest species; Latitudinal gradient; Reproduction; Seeds; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HERB; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE NEMOROSA; BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM; CIRCAEA LUTETIANA; OXALIS ACETOSELLA; PARIS QUADRIFOLIA; PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 70350391561     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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