Comparative stem-growth rates of Mediterranean trees under background and naturally enhanced ambient CO2 concentrations

New Phytologist

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-74

  Tognetti, Roberto ^a,b   Cherubini, Paolo ^c   Innes, John L ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo (strawberry tree); Carbon sequestration; Dendroecology; Mediterranean trees; Natural CO2 springs; Quercus ilex (holm oak); Tree rings; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; TREE RING;

ITALY;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; FRAXINUS ORNUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 0034052026     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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