CO2enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 19368-19373

  Norby, Richard J ^a   Warren, Jeffrey M ^a   Iversen, Colleen M ^a   Medlyn, Belinda E ^b   McMurtrie, Ross E ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coupled climate carbon cycle models; Global carbon cycle; Sweetgum

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; FOREST; FOREST SOIL; LIQUIDAMBAR; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TREE; UNITED STATES;

LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN; TENNESSEE; TREES;

EID: 78650602092     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006463107     Document Type: Article

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