The effects of elevated CO2 on seed production and seedling recruitment in a sheep-grazed pasture

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 383-394

  Edwards, G R ^a,b   Clark, H ^a   Newton, P C D ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Germination; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; PASTURE; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0035027450     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000602     Document Type: Article

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