Experimental warming and long-term vegetation dynamics in an alpine heathland

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded through an Australia Research Council Linkage Grant, partnered through the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), ES Link Services Pty Ltd, Mt Hotham Resort Management and Parks Victoria. A. A. Hoffmann was supported by an ARC Laureate Fellowship. Assistance with field measurements was provided by Shona Arber, Monica Camac, Deborah Cargill, Seraphina Cutler, Bradley Farmilo, Luke Geddes, Katherine Giljohann, Lauren Kiem, Annie Leschen, Keith McDougall, John Morgan, Harm van Rees, Linda Riquelme, Paul Smart, Karen Stott, Freya Thomas, Emma Warren and others. Wealso thank volunteers Kate Forbes and Marilyn Rush for helping with data entry. Special thanks go to Lou Jost for valuable advice on assessing diversity and Ralph Mac Nally on the use of hierarchical partitioning.