A meta-analysis of climate change effects on forage quality in grasslands: specificities of mountain and mediterranean areas

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-254

  Dumont, B ^a   Andueza, D ^a   Niderkorn, V ^a   Luscher A ^b   Porqueddu, C ^c   Picon Cochard, C ^d  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Drought; Elevated CO2; Fibres; Nitrogen; Warming

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIGESTIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SWARD; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WARMING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84926455812     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12169     Document Type: Article

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