Ecosystem response to climatic change: The importance of the cold season

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 246-255

  Bokhorst, Stef ^a   Bjerke, Jarle W ^b   Tømmervik, Hans ^b   Preece, Catherine ^c   Phoenix, Gareth K ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autumn; Empetrum nigrum; Icing; Snow; Snow mould; Winter

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXTREME EVENT; HEATHLAND; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LICHEN; MOSS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLAR REGION; SEASONALITY; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SOIL BIOTA;

SNOW;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PLANTS; SEASONS; SNOW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867461953     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0310-5     Document Type: Article

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