Functional responses of plants to elevated atmospheric CO2 - Do photosynthetic and productivity data from FACE experiments support early predictions?

New Phytologist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-280

  Nowak, Robert S ^a   Ellsworth, David S ^b   Smith, Stanley D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bog; Desert; Forest; Grassland; Net assimilation; Photosynthetic downregulation; Plant functional type; Primary production

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 1942539863     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01033.x     Document Type: Review

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