Northern European trees show a progressively diminishing response to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 803-810

  Waterhouse, J S ^a   Switsur, V R ^a,b   Barker, A C ^a   Carter, A H C ^a,b   Hemming, D L ^c   Loader, N J ^d   Robertson, I ^d,e  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotope ratios; Fagus sylvatica; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus robur; Trees

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER;

ISOTOPE RATIOS; TERRESTRIAL CARBON STORAGE;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; TREE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 1642344746     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.06.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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