Elevated CO2 influences the responses of two birch species to soil moisture: Implications for forest community structure

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 507-518

  Catovsky, S ^a   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; Paper birch; Seedling regeneration; Soil moisture; Temperate forests; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA;

EID: 0032857638     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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