Vegetation-microclimate feedbacks in woodland-grassland ecotones

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 364-379

  D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   He, Yufei ^a   Collins, Scott ^b   De Wekker, Stephan F J ^a   Engel, Vic ^c,d   Fuentes, Jose D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Ecosystem engineering; Mangrove marsh transition; Shrub encroachment; Tree line; Vegetation microclimate feedback; Woodland grassland ecotone

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOTONE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; MANGROVE; MARSH; MICROCLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHRUBLAND; TREELINE; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 84874727568     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12000     Document Type: Article

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