Reduced snow cover affects productivity of upland temperate grasslands

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 232, Issue , 2017, Pages 514-526

  Zeeman, M J ^a   Mauder, M ^a   Steinbrecher, R ^a   Heidbach, K ^a   Eckart, E ^a   Schmid, H P ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Complex terrain; Eddy covariance; Foehn; Mountain grassland; Spring advance

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; EDDY COVARIANCE; GRASSLAND; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

ALPS;

EID: 84991615347     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.09.002     Document Type: Article

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