The response of perennial ryegrass/white clover swards to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. 1. Effects on competition and species composition and interaction with N supply

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-79

  Schenk, U ^a   Jager H J ^b   Weigel, H J ^a  

^a Inst Produktions Okotoxikologie   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 enrichment; Perennial ryegrass; Root competition; Shoot competition; White clover

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; WHITE CLOVER;

FABACEAE; LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0031285335     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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