Transition zones between vegetation patches in a heterogeneous Arctic landscape: How plant growth and photosynthesis change with abundance at small scales

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Fletcher, Benjamin J ^a   Press, Malcolm C ^b   Baxter, Robert ^c   Phoenix, Gareth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Environmental gradient; Fundamental niche; Plant physiology; Realised niche

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON FLUX; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; NICHE BREADTH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHOOT GROWTH; SHRUB; TRANSITION ZONE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

ARCTIC;

EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 77951022912     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1532-5     Document Type: Article

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