The responses of alpine grassland to four seasons of CO2 enrichment: A synthesis

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-175

  Korner, C ^a   Diemer, M ^a   Schappi, B ^a   Niklaus, P ^a   Arnone III, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Biodiversity; Biomass production; Carbohydrates; Ecosystem physiology; Elevated carbon dioxide; Herbivory; Mycorrhiza; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Soil micro organisms

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE GRASSLAND; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030753548     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(97)80002-1     Document Type: Article

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