Exposure of a grass-clover mixture to ozone in open-top chambers - Effects on yield, quality and botanical composition

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Pleijel, Håkan ^a   Pihl Karlsson, Gunilla ^a   Sild, Ebe ^b,c   Danielsson, Helena ^a   Skärby, Lena ^a   Selldén, Gun ^b  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

AOT40; Clover; Grass; Open top chamber; Ozone; Ozone concentration gradient; Pasture; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FORAGE QUALITY; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; OZONE; PASTURE; YIELD;

FABACEAE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0030440278     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(96)01046-8     Document Type: Article

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