How do climate warming and species richness affect CO2 fluxes in experimental grasslands?

New Phytologist

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 512-522

  De Boeck, Hans J ^a   Lemmens, Catherine M H M ^a   Vicca, Sara ^a   Van Den Berge, Joke ^a   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Janssens, Ivan A ^a   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^a   Nijs, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Climate warming; CO2 fluxes; Drought; Global change; Grassland species; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; MONOCULTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; POACEAE; SEASON; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 34447558306     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02122.x     Document Type: Article

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