Plant growth enhancement by elevated CO2 eliminated by joint water and nitrogen limitation

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 920-924

  Reich, Peter B ^a,b   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Lee, Tali D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOMASS; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84924548272     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2284     Document Type: Article

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