Impacts of climate change drivers on C4 grassland productivity: Scaling driver effects through the plant community

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3415-3424

  Wayne Polley, H ^a   Derner, Justin D ^b   Jackson, Robert B ^c   Wilsey, Brian J ^d   Fay, Philip A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Exotic plants; Pasture; Plant community composition; Precipitation; Tallgrass prairie; Transpiration efficiency; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POACEAE; TEXAS; WATER;

EID: 84925231910     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru009     Document Type: Review

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