Testing for a CO2 fertilization effect on growth of Canadian boreal forests

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Girardin, Martin P ^a   Bernier, Pierre Y ^a   Raulier, Frédéric ^b   Tardif, Jacques C ^c   Conciatori, France ^c   Guo, Xiao Jing ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; DUCK MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL FOREST; MANITOBA;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 79851492879     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001287     Document Type: Article

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