Contrasting above- and belowground sensitivity of three Great Plains grasslands to altered rainfall regimes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 335-344

  Wilcox, Kevin R ^a   von Fischer, Joseph C ^a   Muscha, Jennifer M ^b   Petersen, Mark K ^b   Knapp, Alan K ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground productivity; Belowground productivity; Carbon cycling; Climate change; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem services; Grassland; Precipitation amount; Precipitation pattern

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CYCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER CYCLE;

EID: 84917676707     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12673     Document Type: Article

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