Contrasting sensitivity to extreme winter warming events of dominant sub-Arctic heathland bryophyte and lichen species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1481-1488

  Bjerke, Jarle W ^a,b   Bokhorst, Stef ^c   Zielke, Matthias ^d   Callaghan, Terry V ^c,e   Bowles, Francis W ^f   Phoenix, Gareth K ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Ecophysiology; Extreme events; Hylocomium splendens; Lichenized ascomycete; Moss; Peltigera aphthosa; Plant climate interactions; Warming experiment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMAGE; DOMINANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HEATHLAND; HEATING; LICHEN; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTION; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; SUBARCTIC REGION; WARMING; WINTER;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PELTIGERA APHTHOSA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80053633798     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01859.x     Document Type: Article

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