Direct effects dominate responses to climate perturbations in grassland plant communities

Environmental change can have indirect effects on populations by altering the outcome of competitive interactions. Here, Chu et al. show that although direct effects dominate the responses of grassland species to climate perturbations, indirect effects could be greater among species with smaller nic...

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Main Authors: Chengjin Chu, Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, Kris M. Havstad, Mitchel P. McClaran, Debra P. Peters, Lance T. Vermeire, Haiyan Wei, Peter B. Adler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11766