Response of the prairie-forest border to climate change: Impacts of increasing drought may be mitigated by increasing CO2

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Wyckoff, Peter H ^a   Bowers, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Minnesota; Mortality; Prairie forest ecotone; Quercus macrocarpa; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; ECOTONE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; PRAIRIE; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS MACROCARPA;

EID: 72249087826     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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