In situ responses to elevated CO2 in tropical forest understorey plants

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 886-895

  Wurth M K R ^a   Winter, K ^b   Korner Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Atmospheric change; Carbon dioxide enrichment; Forest dynamics; Growth; Panama; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 0032422888     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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