Growth response of Trifolium repens L. and Lolium perenne L. as monocultures and bi-species mixture to free air CO2 enrichment and management

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Hebeisen, Thomas ^a   Lüscher, Andreas ^a   Zanetti, Silvia ^a   Fischer, Bernt U ^a   Hartwig, Ueli A ^a   Frehner, Marco ^a   Hendrey, George R ^b   Blum, Herbert ^a   Nösberger, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Elevated CO2; Face, L. Perenne; Root mass; T. Repens; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000000353     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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