Do successive climate extremes weaken the resistance of plant communities? An experimental study using plant assemblages

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-121

  Dreesen, F E ^a   De Boeck, H J ^a   Janssens, I A ^a   Nijs, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; GROWING SEASON; HERB; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SENESCENCE; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84891929175     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-109-2014     Document Type: Article

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