CO2 enrichment accelerates successional development of an understory plant community

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Souza, Lara ^a,b   Belote, R Travis ^c   Kardol, Paul ^a   Weltzin, Jake F ^d   Norby, Richard J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Wilderness Society Bozeman   (United States)

^d National Phenology Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Community composition; FACE; Herbaceous; Lonicera japonica; Microstegium vimineum; Sweetgum; Woody

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; LONICERA JAPONICA; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 77649303936     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtp032     Document Type: Article

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