Interactive effects of global warming and 'global worming' on the initial establishment of native and exotic herbaceous plant species

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1121-1133

  Eisenhauer, Nico ^a   Fisichelli, Nicholas A ^a   Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARE SOIL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DROUGHT STRESS; EARTHWORM; GERMINATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84862770840     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19807.x     Document Type: Article

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