Impacts of warming and elevated CO2 on a semi-arid grassland are non-additive, shift with precipitation, and reverse over time.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2016-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/ele.12634PMID 27339693
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