Effect of competition on the responses of grasses and legumes to elevated atmospheric CO2 along a nitrogen gradient: Differences between isolated plants, monocultures and multi-species mixtures

New Phytologist

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-331

  Navas, Marie Laure ^a,b,c   Garnier, Eric ^a,b   Austin, Michael P ^a   Gifford, Roger M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Community structure; Competition; Density; Elevated CO2; Functional groups; Grasses; Legumes; N availability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASS; LEGUME; NITROGEN; VEGETATION COVER;

DANTHONIA RICHARDSONII; LOTUS PEDUNCULATUS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0032813407     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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