Leaf area index drives soil water availability and extreme drought-related mortality under elevated CO2 in a temperate grassland model system.

The magnitude and frequency of climatic extremes, such as drought, are predicted to increase under future climate change conditions. However, little is known about how other factors such as CO2 concentration will modify plant community responses to these extreme climatic events, even though such mod...

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Main Authors: Anthony Manea, Michelle R Leishman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954624?pdf=render