Plant communities resist climatic change
Lewin R. 1985. Plant communities resist climatic change. Science. 228(4696):165-166
A combination of self-generated microclimates and the dynamics of seedling competition gives plant communities an unexpected stability.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lewin, Roger
- Units
- GRCA
- Keywords
- Arizona, climate effects, Coconino County, Communities, critical review, Geology, Grand Canyon, Holocene, lower Holocene, middens, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Plantae, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Southwestern U.S., Stability, Stratigraphy, Upper Pleistocene, Vegetation