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What have we learned from 15 years of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE)? A meta-analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO2
Article first published online: 18 NOV 2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01224.x
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Ainsworth, E. A. and Long, S. P. (2005), What have we learned from 15 years of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE)? A meta-analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO2. New Phytologist, 165: 351–372. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01224.x
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- Issue published online: 18 NOV 2004
- Article first published online: 18 NOV 2004
- Received: 21 July 2004 Accepted: 26 July 2004
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