Differential ecophysiological response of deciduous shrubs and a graminoid to long-term experimental snow reductions and additions in moist acidic tundra, Northern Alaska

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-350

  Pattison, Robert R ^a,b   Welker, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; Photosynthesis; Thaw depth

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; SNOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SNOW; WATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLIMATE; CYPERACEAE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WILLOW;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BETULA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; CYPERACEAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SALIX; SEASONS; SNOW; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84892888447     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2777-6     Document Type: Article

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