Variable temperature effects of Open Top Chambers at polar and alpine sites explained by irradiance and snow depth

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-74

  Bokhorst, Stef ^a   Huiskes, Ad ^b   Aerts, Rien ^c   Convey, Peter ^d   Cooper, Elisabeth J ^e   Dalen, Linda ^f   Erschbamer, Brigitta ^g   Gudmundsson, Jón ^h   Hofgaard, Annika ⁱ   Hollister, Robert D ^j   Johnstone, Jill ^k   Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S ^l   Lebouvier, Marc ^m   Van de Vijver, Bart ⁿ   Wahren, Carl Henrik ^o   Dorrepaal, Ellen ^p  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

ⁿ BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^o LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Alpine; Antarctic; Arctic; Climate change; Extreme weather; Freeze thaw; PAR; Snow; Temperature variation; Tundra; Warming experiment; Wind

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRADIATION; MICROCLIMATE; POLAR REGION; SNOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA; VEGETATION;

REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

SNOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84870676265     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12028     Document Type: Review

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