Plant CO2 responses: An issue of definition, time and resource supply

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-411

  Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecosystem; Elevated CO2; Growth; Nutrients; Productivity; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749993520     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01886.x     Document Type: Review

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