Geographic range predicts photosynthetic and growth response to warming in co-occurring tree species

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 148-152

  Reich, Peter B ^a,b   Sendall, Kerrie M ^a   Rice, Karen ^a   Rich, Roy L ^a   Stefanski, Artur ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Montgomery, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84922994035     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2497     Document Type: Article

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