Drought-associated changes in climate and their relevance for ecosystem experiments and models

Drought periods can have important impacts on plant productivity and ecosystem functioning, but climatic conditions other than the lack of precipitation during droughts have never been quantified and have therefore not been considered explicitly in both experimental and modeling studies. Here, we id...

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Main Authors: H. J. De Boeck, H. Verbeeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-05-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/8/1121/2011/bg-8-1121-2011.pdf