Experiments to confront the environmental extremes of climate change

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 219-225

  Kayler, Zachary E ^a   De Boeck, Hans J ^b   Fatichi, Simone ^c   Grünzweig, José M ^d   Merbold, Lutz ^c   Beier, Claus ^e   McDowell, Nathan ^f   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^g  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXTREME EVENT;

EID: 84928941149     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140174     Document Type: Article

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