Altered precipitation impacts on above- and belowground grassland invertebrates: summer drought leads to outbreaks in spring

Climate change is predicted to result in altered precipitation patterns, which may reshape many grassland ecosystems. Rainfall is expected to change in a number of different ways, ranging from periods of prolonged drought to extreme precipitation events, yet there are few community wide studies to a...

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Main Authors: Marcel Torode, Kirk Lee Barnett, Sarah Louise Facey, Uffe Nielsen, Sally Power, Scott Nicholas Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01468/full