Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7086, 2006, Pages 922-925

  Reich, Peter B ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Lee, Tali ^a,b   Ellsworth, David S ^c   West, Jason B ^a   Tilman, David ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^d   Naeem, Shahid ^e   Trost, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATION; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE WARMING; PERENNIAL GRASSLAND SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; SUSTAINABILITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

EID: 33645844542     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04486     Document Type: Article

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