Woody plant encroachment of grasslands: A comparison of terrestrial and wetland settings

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1062-1070

  Saintilan, Neil ^a,b   Rogers, Kerrylee ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Encroachment; Fire; Saltmarsh; Shrub

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GRASSLAND; PERSISTENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVORSHIP; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WETLAND; WOODY PLANT;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PLANT; POACEAE; TREE; WETLAND; WOOD;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; POACEAE; TREES; WATER; WETLANDS; WOOD;

EID: 84920973586     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13147     Document Type: Review

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