Tree seedling responses to in situ CO2-enrichment differ among species and depend on understorey light availability

Global Change Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-226

  Hattenschwiler, Stephan ^a,b   Korner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Elevated CO2; Forest dynamics; Growth; Shade tolerance; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 0034059230     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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