Possible implications of increased carbon dioxide levels and climate change for desert ecosystems

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Lioubimtseva, E ^a   Adams, J M ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Desert; Ecosystem; Fertilization; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

DESERT; FERTILIZATION; PRECIPITATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL; MOISTURE; REVIEW; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 17644372711     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-9147-9     Document Type: Review

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