Winter warming pulses affect the development of planted temperate grassland and dwarf-shrub heath communities

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-21

  Kreyling, Juergen ^a   Jurasinski, Gerald ^b   Grant, Kerstin ^a   Retzer, Vroni ^a   Jentsch, Anke ^c   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity stability; EVENT experiment; Freeze thaw cycles; Freezing thawing; Legume effect; Soil frost; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79959319854     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2011.558125     Document Type: Article

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