Dry Weight (Biomass) References
Shortgrass steppe in NE Colorado
[Bouteloua gracilis, Pascopyrum smithii, and Stipa comata]


Dijkstra, F.A., Pendall, E., Mosier, A.R., King, J.Y., Milchunas, D.G. and Morgan, J.A. 2008. Long-term enhancement of N availability and plant growth under elevated CO2 in a semi-arid grassland. Functional Ecology 22: 975-982.

Ferretti, D.F., Pendall, E., Morgan, J.A., Nelson, J.A., LeCain, D., and Mosier, A.R. 2003. Partitioning evapotranspiration fluxes from a Colorado grassland using stable isotopes: Seasonal variations and ecosystem implications of elevated atmospheric CO2. Plant and Soil 254: 291-303.

Milchunas, D.G., Morgan, J.A., Mosier, A.R. and LeCain, D.R. 2005a. Root dynamics and demography in shortgrass steppe under elevated CO2, and comments on minirhizotron methodology. Global Change Biology 11: 1837-1855.

Milchunas, D.G., Mosier, A.R., Morgan, J.A., LeCain, D.R., King, J.Y. and Nelson, J.A. 2005b. Root production and tissue quality in a shortgrass steppe exposed to elevated CO2: Using a new ingrowth method. Plant and Soil 268: 111-122.

Morgan, J.A., Lecain, D.R., Mosier, A.R. and Milchunas, D.G. 2001. Elevated CO2 enhances water relations and productivity and affects gas exchange in C3 and C4 grasses of the Colorado shortgrass steppe. Global Change Biology 7: 451-466.

Nelson, J.A., Morgan, J.A., LeCain, D.R., Mosier, A.R., Milchunas, D.G. and Parton, B.A. 2004. Elevated CO2 increases soil moisture and enhances plant water relations in a long-term field study in semi-arid shortgrass steppe of Colorado. Plant and Soil 259: 169-179.

Pendall, E., Mosier, A.R. and Morgan, J.A. 2004. Rhizodeposition stimulated by elevated CO2 in a semiarid grassland. New Phytologist 162: 447-458.


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