Independent effects of warming and nitrogen addition on plant phenology in the Inner Mongolian steppe

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1207-1217

  Xia, Jianyang ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate warming; functional group; grassland; nitrogen; reproductive phenology; temperature

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; FRUITING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; PHENOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE WARMING; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HEAT; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE WARMING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; NITROGEN; REPRODUCTION;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ALLIUM; ALLIUM BIDENTATUM; HETEROPAPPUS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA ACAULIS; POTENTILLA BIFURCA;

EID: 84878310855     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct079     Document Type: Article

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