Disturbance is required for CO2-dependent promotion of woody plant growth in grasslands

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-565

  Loveys, Beth R ^a,b   Egerton, John J G ^a   Bruhn, Dan ^c   Ball, Marilyn C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevated CO2 ; Eucalyptus pauciflora; Freeze damage; Grass ; Microclimate; Tree interactions; Vegetation thickening

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ADVERSE EFFECT; AS-SOILS; BARE SOILS; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPETITIVE REDUCTION; ELEVATED CO; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA; FIELD CONDITIONS; FREEZE DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEPARATE EFFECTS; SOIL RESOURCES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL INTERFERENCES; TREE SEEDLINGS; WOODY PLANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; MICROCLIMATE; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PASTURE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA; FORESTRY; FREEZING; GRASSES; MICROCLIMATES; PLANTS; SEEDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TREES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA;

EID: 77952925803     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP09257     Document Type: Article

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