title: Multi-factor global change experiments: what have we learned about terrestrial carbon storage and exchange?
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.|(Author for correspondence: tel +1 617 3536978; email ptempler@bu.edu).
authors.forename: Pamela H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Templer
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Reinmann
mesh_terms: D052818:Autotrophic Processes; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D019069:Cell Respiration; D017753:Ecosystem; D052836:Heterotrophic Processes; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon
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