The potential effects of elevated CO2 and climate change on tropical forest soils and biogeochemical cycling

Climatic Change

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 337-361

  Silver, Whendee L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0031826442     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005396714941     Document Type: Review

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