A field study of the effects of elevated CO2 and plant species diversity on ecosystem-level gas exchange in a planted calcareous grassland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-105

  Stocker, R ^a   Korner, Ch ^a   Schmid, B ^b   Niklaus, P A ^a   Leadley, P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Evapotranspiration; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GAS EXCHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0032968776     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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