An improved hexagon open-top chamber system for stable diurnal and nocturnal warming and atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 439-451

  Godfree, Robert ^a   Robertson, Bruce ^a   Bolger, Terry ^a   Carnegie, Malcolm ^b   Young, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b The Lake Cowal Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Frost; Passive heating; Soil conditions; Temperature; Thermal inertia

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FROST; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION;

EID: 78649771841     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02276.x     Document Type: Article

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