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- Title
What have we learned from 15 years of free-air CO<sub>2</sub> enrichment (FACE)? A meta-analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO<sub>2</sub>.
- Authors
Ainsworth, Elizabeth A.; Long, Stephen P.
- Abstract
Summary 1I. What is FACE? 2II. Materials and methods 2III. Photosynthetic carbon uptake 3IV. Acclimation of photosynthesis 6V. Growth, above-ground production and yield 8VI. So, what have we learned? 10 Acknowledgements 11 References 11. References included in the database for meta-analyses 14. Results of the meta-analysis of FACE effects 18Free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments allow study of the effects of elevated[CO2] on plants and ecosystems grown under natural conditions without enclosure. Data from 120 primary, peer-reviewed articles describing physiology and production in the 12 large-scale FACE experiments (475–600 ppm) were collected and summarized using meta-analytic techniques. The results confirm some results from previous chamber experiments: light-saturated carbon uptake, diurnal C assimilation, growth and above-ground production increased, while specific leaf area and stomatal conductance decreased in elevated[CO2]. There were differences in FACE. Trees were more responsive than herbaceous species to elevated[CO2]. Grain crop yields increased far less than anticipated from prior enclosure studies. The broad direction of change in photosynthesis and production in elevated[CO2] may be similar in FACE and enclosure studies, but there are major quantitative differences: trees were more responsive than other functional types; C4 species showed little response; and the reduction in plant nitrogen was small and largely accounted for by decreased Rubisco. The results from this review may provide the most plausible estimates of how plants in their native environments and field-grown crops will respond to rising atmospheric[CO2]; but even with FACE there are limitations, which are also discussed.New Phytologist(2004)doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01224.x© New Phytologist(2004)
- Publication
New Phytologist, 2005, Vol 165, Issue 2, p351
- ISSN
0028-646X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01224.x