Ecological impacts of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on terrestrial ecosystems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1810, 2003, Pages 2023-2041

  Körner, Christian ^a   Marsh, R ^d   Ho, M W ^b   Heij, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Science in Society   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest; Grassland; Nutrients; Plant animal interaction; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141923409     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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