Overstory community composition and elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3 modify understory biomass production and nitrogen acquisition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 251-259

  Bandeff, Janet M ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^a   Loya, Wendy M ^a   Holmes, William E ^b   Zak, Donald R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global change; Light; Nitrogen cycling; Plant competition; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST; NITROGEN CYCLE; OVERSTORY; OZONE; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNDERSTORY;

POACEAE; SOLIDAGO; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33745487367     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-5930-0     Document Type: Article

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