Responses of a dominant temperate grassland plant (Leymus chinensis) to elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition in China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 251-259

  Zhang, Lin ^a,b   Yang, Yunxia ^a,b   Zhan, Xiaoyun ^a,b   Zhang, Canjuan ^a,b   Zhou, Shuangxi ^a,b   Wu, Dongxiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ATMOSPHERIC CO; DOMINANT SPECIES; ELEVATED CO; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LEAF BIOMASS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; NITROGEN ADDITIONS; NORTHERN CHINA; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT GROWTH; ROOT BIOMASS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POACEAE; TIME FACTORS;

LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 75149120128     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0109     Document Type: Article

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