Soil warming and CO2 enrichment induce biomass shifts in alpine tree line vegetation

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2005-2021

  Dawes, Melissa A ^a,b   Philipson, Christopher D ^a,c   Fonti, Patrick ^b   Bebi, Peter ^a   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^d   Hagedorn, Frank ^b   Rixen, Christian ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Dwarf shrub; European larch; Free air CO2 enrichment; Global change; Larix decidua; Mountain pine; Pinus uncinata

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENRICHMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER; WARMING;

BRYOPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS UNCINATA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

BIOMASS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARIX; PINE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; LARIX; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PINUS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

EID: 84927918759     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12819     Document Type: Article

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