Seasonality of precipitation interacts with exotic species to alter composition and phenology of a semi-arid grassland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1549-1561

  Prevéy, Janet S ^a,b   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Climate change; Invasive species; Plant climate interactions; Precipitation change; Rainfall manipulation; Winter annual grasses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GRASS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84925775976     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12320     Document Type: Article

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