Biotic, abiotic and performance aspects of the Nevada Desert Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) facility

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-668

  Jordan, Dean N ^a   Zitzer, Stephen F ^b   Hendrey, George R ^c   Lewin, Keith F ^c   Nagy, John ^c   Nowak, Robert S ^d   Smith, Stanley D ^a   Coleman, James S ^e   Seemann, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia dumosa; CO2; FACE; Larrea tridentata; Lycium sp.; Mojave Desert

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA DUMOSA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LYCIUM;

EID: 0032725702     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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