Net primary production of a forest ecosystem with experimental CO2 enrichment

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5417, 1999, Pages 1177-1179

  DeLucia, Evan H ^a   Hamilton, Jason G ^a   Naidu, Shawna L ^a   Thomas, Richard B ^b   Andrews, Jeffrey A ^c   Finzi, Adrien ^c   Lavine, Michael ^c   Matamala, Roser ^c   Mohan, Jacqueline E ^c   Hendrey, George R ^d   Schlesinger, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033553608     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5417.1177     Document Type: Article

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42. We are grateful to the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, Electric Power Research Institute, and NSF for their support of this research.