Plant communities on infertile soils are less sensitive to climate change

Annals of Botany

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1017-1022

  Harrison, Susan ^a   Damschen, Ellen ^b   Fernandez Going, Barbara ^c   Eskelinen, Anu ^d   Copeland, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

biogeographical affinity; climate change; climate resilience; climate resistance; Klamath Siskiyou; Plant community change; plant functional traits; serpentine soil; soil fertility; specific leaf area; stress tolerance; topographic affinity

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TEXTURE; UNDERSTORY; WATER BUDGET;

COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

SOIL; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84947760219     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu230     Document Type: Article

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