Shifting Impacts of Climate Change: Long-Term Patterns of Plant Response to Elevated CO2, Drought, and Warming Across Ecosystems

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 437-473

  Andresen, L C ^a,b   Muller C ^b,c   de Dato, G ^d   Dukes, J S ^e   Emmett, B A ^f   Estiarte, M ^g,h   Jentsch, A ⁱ   Kroel Dulay G ^j   Luscher A ^k,l   Niu, S ^m   Penuelas J ^g,h   Reich, P B ^n,o   Reinsch, S ^f   Ogaya, R ^g,h   Schmidt, I K ^p   Schneider, M K ^l   Sternberg, M ^q   Tietema, A ^r   Zhu, K ^s   Bilton, M C ^t  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Forestry Research Centre   (Italy)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g CSIC   (Spain)

^h CREAF   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^j INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^k ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^m INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^o WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^q TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^r UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^s RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Break point analysis; ClimMani; Drought; FACE; Log response ratio; Long term field experiments; Response curve; Warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009775755     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.07.001     Document Type: Chapter

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