Microclimate and ecological threshold responses in a warming and wetting experiment following whole tree harvest

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 287-299

  McDaniel, M D ^a   Wagner, R J ^b   Rollinson, C R ^b   Kimball, B A ^c   Kaye, M W ^b   Kaye, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TREE; WARMING;

EID: 84896400878     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0942-9     Document Type: Article

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