Recurrent Mild Drought Events Increase Resistance Toward Extreme Drought Stress

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1068-1081

  Backhaus, Sabrina ^a   Kreyling, Juergen ^a   Grant, Kerstin ^a   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a   Walter, Julia ^a   Jentsch, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

drought memory; EVENT experiment; legacy; precipitation change; pulse pressure; resilience; resistance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; TOLERANCE;

PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 84906085816     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9781-5     Document Type: Article

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