Geographic variation in the response to drought in nine grassland species

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Weißhuhn, Karoline ^a   Auge, Harald ^a   Prati, Daniel ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Intraspecific variability; Reproductive allocation; Root allocation; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751581789     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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