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Impacts of Elevated Atmospheric [CO2] and [O3] on Northern Temperate Forest Ecosystems: Results from the Aspen FACE Experiment

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  1. Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan, 49931-1295, USA

    D. F. Karnosky

  2. Ecosystem Science Center, School of Forestry and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, 49931, USA

    K. S. Pregitzer

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  1. Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Josef Nösberger

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 379 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory 1201 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Stephen P. Long

  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bldg. 1062, Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6422, USA

    Richard J. Norby

  4. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg, 14476, Golm, Germany

    Mark Stitt

  5. Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA

    George R. Hendrey

  6. Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Herbert Blum

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Karnosky, D.F., Pregitzer, K.S. (2006). Impacts of Elevated Atmospheric [CO2] and [O3] on Northern Temperate Forest Ecosystems: Results from the Aspen FACE Experiment. In: Nösberger, J., Long, S.P., Norby, R.J., Stitt, M., Hendrey, G.R., Blum, H. (eds) Managed Ecosystems and CO2 . Ecological Studies, vol 187. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31237-4_12

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