A first-order analysis of the potential role of CO2 fertilization to affect the global carbon budget: A comparison of four terrestrial biosphere models

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 343-366

  Kicklighter, David W ^a   Bruno, Michele ^b   Dönges, Silke ^c   Esser, Gerd ^d   Heimann, Martin ^e   Helfrich, John ^a   Ift, Frank ^c   Joos, Fortunat ^b   Kaduk, Jörg ^e   Kohlmaier, Gundolf H ^c   Mcguire, A David ^f   Melillo, Jerry M ^a   Meyer, Robert ^b   Moore III, Berrien ^g   Nadler, Andreas ^c   Prentice, I Colin ^h   Sauf, Walter ^f   Schloss, Annette L ^g   Sitch, Stephen ^h   Wittenberg, Uwe ^d   Würth, Gudrun ^c   more..

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 6544271527     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v51i2.16303     Document Type: Article

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