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Climatic events inducing die-off in Mediterranean shrublands: are species' responses related to their functional traits?
Oecologia - 1 Apr 2016
Lloret Francisco, de la Riva Enrique G, Pérez-Ramos Ignacio M, Marañón Teodoro, Saura-Mas Sandra, Díaz-Delgado Ricardo, Villar Rafael
Abstract excerpt
Extreme climatic episodes, likely associated with climate change, often result in profound alterations of ecosystems and, particularly, in drastic events of vegetation die-off. Species attributes are expected to explain different biological responses to these environmental alterations. Here we explored how changes in plant cover and recruitment in response to an extreme climatic episode of drought and low...
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