Vascular plant changes in extreme environments: effects of multiple drivers

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 651-665

  Cannone, Nicoletta ^a   Guglielmin, M ^a   Convey, P ^b   Worland, M R ^b   Favero Longo, S E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ELEVATION GRADIENT; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; EXTREME EVENT; GRASS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERMAFROST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PINNIPED; SNOW COVER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84958778610     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1551-7     Document Type: Article

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