The temporal response of forest ecosystems to doubled atmospheric CO2 concentration

Global Change Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-57

  McMurtrie, Ross E ^a   Comins, Hugh N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO2 concentration; CO2 fertilization; Feedbacks; Forest; Model; N:C ratios; Net primary production; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; G'DAY; MODELLING; NITROGEN:CARBON RATIO; TEMPORAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0030442641     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1996.tb00048.x     Document Type: Article

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