The effect of timing of growing season drought on flowering of a dominant C4 grass

Oecologia

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 391-399

  Dietrich, John D ^a   Smith, Melinda D ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary productivity; Andropogon gerardii; Ecophysiology; Precipitation timing; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SEASON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 84958767408     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3579-4     Document Type: Article

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