Elevated atmospheric CO2: A nurse plant substitute for oak seedlings establishing in old fields

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2308-2316

  Davis, Mark A ^a   Reich, Peter B ^b   Knoll, Mary J B ^a   Dooley, Lee ^a   Hundtoft, Marjorie ^a   Attleson, Ingrid ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Elevated CO2; FACE; Grasslands; Old fields; Quercus; Succession; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; GRASSLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NURSE PLANT; OLD FIELD; SANDY SOIL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; WATER STRESS; WOODY PLANT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS;

EID: 35348838643     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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