Ecotypes of European grass species respond differently to warming and extreme drought

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 703-713

  Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a   Thiel, Daniel ^a   Jentsch, Anke ^a   Willner, Evelin ^b   Kreyling, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climatic events; Extreme weather; Grassland; Meadows; Phenotypes; Plant climate interactions; Provenances; Within species variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOTYPE; GARDEN; GENETIC VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS;

EID: 79954500283     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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