Long-term CO2 enrichment of a forest ecosystem: Implications for forest regeneration and succession

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1198-1212

  Mohan, Jacqueline E ^a,b,c,d   Clark, James S ^a   Schlesinger, William H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Carbon dioxide (CO2) enrichment; Forest succession; Global change; Hierarchical Bayes

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

DUKE FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER BARBATUM; ACER RUBRUM; CERCIS CANADENSIS; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS VELUTINA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ULMUS; ULMUS ALATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; TREES;

EID: 34447120169     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1690     Document Type: Article

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