Soil warming increases plant species richness but decreases germination from the alpine soil seed bank

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1549-1561

  Hoyle, Gemma L ^a   Venn, Susanna E ^b   Steadman, Kathryn J ^c   Good, Roger B ^d   Mcauliffe, Edward J ^d   Williams, Emlyn R ^e   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Australian National Botanic Gardens   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine; Australia; Biodiversity; Climate change; Dormancy; Global warming; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GERMINATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PLANT; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HEAT; PLANT; SEED DORMANCY; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANTS; SEED DORMANCY; SOIL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875849554     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12135     Document Type: Article

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