A first-order analysis of the potential rôle of CO2 fertilization to affect the global carbon budget: a comparison of four terrestrial biosphere models
By: David W. Kicklighter, Michele Bruno, Silke Dönges, Gerd Esser, Martin Heimann, John Helfrich, Frank Ift, Fortunat Joos, Jörg Kaduk, Gundolf H. Kohlmaier, A. David McGuire, Jerry M. Melillo, Robert Meyer, Berrien Moore III, Andreas Nadler, I. Colin Prentice, Walter Sauf, Annette L. Schloss, Stephen Sitch, Uwe Wittenberg and Gudrun Würth
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