Crossing the threshold: The power of multi-level experiments in identifying global change responses

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-326

  Kardol, Paul ^a   De Long, Jonathan R ^a   Sundqvist, Maja K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground linkages; Climate change; Elevated CO2; Grasslands; Nitrogen (N) deposition; Plant community; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866362439     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04341.x     Document Type: Note

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