Phenological response of grassland species to manipulative snowmelt and drought along an altitudinal gradient
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Phenological response of grassland species to manipulative snowmelt and drought along an altitudinal gradient
Plant communities in the European Alps are assumed to be highly affected by climate change, as the temperature rise in this region is above the global average. It is predicted that higher temperatures will lead to advanced snowmelt dates and that the number of extreme weather events will increase. The aims of this study were to determine the impacts of extreme climatic events on flower phenolog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Botany
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-0957,1460-2431
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers321