Biomass production and species composition change in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem after long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-506

  Owensby, Clentok E ^a   Ham, Jay M ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^a   Auen, Lisa M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Botanical composition; Carbon dioxide; Elevated CO2; Global climate change; Root biomass; Tallgrass prairie; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLOBAL CHANGE; PRAIRIE;

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0032844026     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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