Seasonal not annual rainfall determines grassland biomass response to carbon dioxide

Mark J. Hovenden (), Paul C. D. Newton and Karen E. Wills
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Mark J. Hovenden: School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania
Paul C. D. Newton: Land & Environmental Management
Karen E. Wills: School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania

Nature, 2014, vol. 511, issue 7511, 583-586

Abstract: Large annual variation in the stimulation of above-ground biomass by elevated carbon dioxide in a mixed C3/C4 temperate grassland can be predicted accurately using seasonal rainfall totals.

Date: 2014
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