A climatically extreme year has large impacts on C4 species in tallgrass prairie ecosystems but only minor effects on species richness and other plant functional groups

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 678-688

  Arnone, John A ^a   Jasoni, Richard L ^a   Lucchesi, Annmarie J ^a   Larsen, Jessica D ^a   Leger, Elizabeth A ^b   Sherry, Rebecca A ^c   Luo, Yiqi ^c   Schimel, David S ^d   Verburg, Paul S J ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground net primary productivity ANPP; Anomalously warm year; EcoCELL whole ecosystem controlled environment gas exchange facility; Grassland ecosystem; Interannual climate variability; Lagged responses; Plant biodiversity; Plant functional group; Plant species diversity; Plant climate interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIEL VARIATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

POACEAE;

EID: 79954500284     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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