Modeling rates of life form cover change in burned and unburned alpine heathland subject to experimental warming

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 615-628

  Camac, James S ^a,b,c   Williams, Richard J ^d,e   Wahren, Carl Henrik ^c   Jarrad, Frith ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^e,f   Vesk, Peter A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Long Term Ecological Research Network   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Fire; Open top chamber; Plant climate interactions; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATHLAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SOIL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; FIRE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; FIRES; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84929956392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3261-2     Document Type: Article

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