Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-25

  Morgan, J A ^a   Pataki, D E ^b   Korner C ^c   Clark, H ^d   Del Grosso, S J ^e   Grunzweig J M ^f   Knapp, A K ^e   Mosier, A R ^a   Newton, P C D ^d   Niklaus, P A ^c   Nippert, J B ^g   Nowak, R S ^h   Parton, W J ^e   Polley, H W ^a   Shaw, M R ⁱ  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

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

^f WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^g KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

ⁱ THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon dioxide enrichment; Landscape predictions; Soil water; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; WATER;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DESERT; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH; WATER RELATIONS;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SWEATING;

AIR; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POACEAE; RAIN; WATER;

EID: 1942544440     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1550-2     Document Type: Article

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