Atmospheric CO2 enrichment of alpine treeline conifers

New Phytologist

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 363-375

  Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a   Handa, I Tanya ^a   Egli, Luca ^a   Asshoff, Roman ^a   Ammann, Walter ^b   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon limitation hypothesis; Elevated CO2; Free air CO2 enrichment (FACE); Gas exchange; Larix decidua; Pinus uncinata; Shoot growth; Treeline ecotone

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIMITING FACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TREELINE;

SWITZERLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 0036899749     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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