Ecological contingency in the effects of climatic warming on forest herb communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 19362-19367

  Harrison, Susan ^a   Damschen, Ellen I ^b   Grace, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevation; Land use; Plant community topography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANOPY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC WARMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LEAF AREA; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SPECIES; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650599262     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006823107     Document Type: Article

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