Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on green leaf tissue and leaf litter quality in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 729-735

  Billings, Sharon A ^a   Zitzer, Stephen F ^b,c   Weatherly, Heather ^b,c   Schaeffer, Sean M ^a   Charlet, T ^d   Arnone III , John A ^b,c   Evans, R D ^a  

^a Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

FACE technology; Litter; Resorption efficiency; Soil carbon and nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DESERT; LEAF LITTER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

UNITED STATES;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA DUMOSA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LYCIUM; LYCIUM ANDERSONII; LYCIUM PALLIDUM; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0037646071     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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