Effects of soil freeze-thaw cycles differ between experimental plant communities

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Kreyling, Juergen ^a   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a   Jentsch, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological memory; EVENT experiment; Freezing thawing; Frost; Grassland; Heath; Winter climate change

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749135187     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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