Combined effects of warming, snowmelt timing, and soil disturbance on vegetative development in a grassland community

Plant Ecology

Volumn 215, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1399-1408

  Suzuki, Ryo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cool temperate; Diversity; Miscanthus sinensis; Open top chamber; Productivity; Snow removal

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PLANT COMMUNITY; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

MISCANTHUS SINENSIS;

EID: 85027955205     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-014-0396-x     Document Type: Article

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