Warming and shrub encroachment decrease decomposition in arid alpine and subalpine ecosystems
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DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2018.1494941
Abstract: ABSTRACT Climate change is shifting species distributions and altering plant community composition worldwide. For instance, with rising temperatures shrubs are encroaching into alpine ecosystems, resulting in important implications for ecosystem functioning. In particular, woody-plant encroachment… read more here.
Keywords: nitrate availability; decomposition rates; subalpine; warming shrub ... See more keywords