Impact of land use intensity and temperature on the reproductive performance of Dactylis glomerata populations in the southeastern Alps

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-661

  Dainese, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevation gradient; Grassland; Plant traits; Seed mass; Seed production

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELEVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FITNESS; GRASS; HAY; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALPS;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA;

EID: 79952758348     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9902-6     Document Type: Article

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