Elevated carbon dioxide increases nectar production in Epilobium angustifolium L.

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-317

  Erhardt, Andreas ^a   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Stöcklin, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; Flowering phenology; Nectar amino acids; Nectar sugar

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; NECTAR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPILOBIUM; FLOWER; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EPILOBIUM; FLOWERS;

CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM;

EID: 27544486618     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0182-5     Document Type: Article

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