CO2 enhances productivity, alters species composition, and reduces digestibility of shortgrass steppe vegetation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 208-219

  Morgan, Jack A ^a   Mosier, Arvin R ^a   Milchunas, Daniel G ^b   LeCain, Daniel R ^a   Nelson, Jim A ^a   Parton, William J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; C3; C4; Carbon dioxide (CO 2); Digestibility; Forage quality; Global change; Grassland; Pascopyrum smithii; Recruitment; Stipa comata

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGESTIBILITY; GRAZING; PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; STEPPE;

BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA COMATA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE; STIPA; STIPA COMATA;

EID: 1242298799     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5213     Document Type: Article

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