The CO2 dependence of photosynthesis, plant growth responses to elevated CO2 concentrations and their interaction with soil nutrient status, II. Temperate and boreal forest productivity and the combined effects of increasing CO2 concentrations and increased nitrogen deposition at a global scale

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-459

  Lloyd, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Climate change; Global change; Net primary productivity; Plant productivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON SINK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032821723     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00350.x     Document Type: Review

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