Primary productivity and water balance of grassland vegetation on three soils in a continuous CO2 gradient: Initial results from the lysimeter CO2 gradient experiment

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 699-714

  Fay, Philip A ^a   Kelley, Alexia M ^b   Procter, Andrew C ^b   Hui, Dafeng ^c   Jin, Virginia L ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^b   Johnson, Hyrum B ^a   Polley, H Wayne ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Grassland; Hydrology; Net primary productivity; Photosynthesis; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Solidago canadensis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; LYSIMETER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTIN; HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 68149091277     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9247-3     Document Type: Article

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