The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 474-482

  Grimm, Nancy B ^a   Chapin III, F Stuart ^b   Bierwagen, Britta ^c   Gonzalez, Patrick ^d   Groffman, Peter M ^e   Luo, Yiqi ^f   Melton, Forrest ^g   Nadelhoffer, Knute ^h   Pairis, Amber ⁱ   Raymond, Peter A ^j   Schimel, Josh ^k   Williamson, Craig E ^l  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^j Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; METHANE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; SEMIARID REGION; THAWING; WARMING; WETLAND; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84887172878     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120282     Document Type: Review

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