Simulated heat waves affected alpine grassland only in combination with drought

New Phytologist

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 531-541

  De Boeck, Hans J ^a   Bassin, Seraina ^b   Verlinden, Maya ^a   Zeiter, Michaela ^c,d   Hiltbrunner, Erika ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Climate extreme; Event; Gradient; Mountain; Stress; Transplantation; Warming

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ELEVATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLUORESCENCE; GRASSLAND; HEAT FLUX; INDUCED RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENESCENCE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; TRANSPLANTATION; WARMING;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUORESCENCE; GRASSLAND; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SEASON; SWITZERLAND;

BIOMASS; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; GRASSLAND; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POACEAE; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84955172875     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13601     Document Type: Article

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