Decade-long soil nitrogen constraint on the CO2 fertilization of plant biomass

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-282

  Reich, Peter B ^a,b   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECADAL VARIATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOMASS; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 84872244169     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1694     Document Type: Article

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