Stochastic trajectories of succession initiated by extreme climatic events

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 758-764

  Kreyling, J ^a   Jentsch, A ^a   Beierkuhnlein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BIODEPTH; Climate change; Compositional legacy; Drought; Ecological memory; Temperate grassland

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTREME EVENT; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTICITY; SUCCESSION; SUMMER; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79960404933     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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