Urea additions and defoliation affect plant responses to elevated CO2 in a C3 grass from Yellowstone National Park

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-327

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO2 enrichment; Global change; Grasslands; Grazing; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

ACHNATHERUM OCCIDENTALE OCCIDENTALE; MAMMALIA; STIPA; POACEAE; STIPA OCCIDENTALIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DEFOLIATION; UREA; WESTERN NEEDLEGRASS;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0029659290     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334657     Document Type: Article

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