Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO2 enrichment

Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO2 enrichment

It is unclear whether CO2-stimulation of photosynthesis can propagate through slower ecosystem processes and lead to long-term increases in terrestrial carbon. Here the authors show that CO2-stimulation of photosynthesis leads to a 30% increase in forest regrowth over a decade of CO2 enrichment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anthony P. Walker, Martin G. De Kauwe, Belinda E. Medlyn, Sönke Zaehle, Colleen M. Iversen, Shinichi Asao, Bertrand Guenet, Anna Harper, Thomas Hickler, Bruce A. Hungate, Atul K. Jain, Yiqi Luo, Xingjie Lu, Meng Lu, Kristina Luus, J. Patrick Megonigal, Ram Oren, Edmund Ryan, Shijie Shu, Alan Talhelm, Ying-Ping Wang, Jeffrey M. Warren, Christian Werner, Jianyang Xia, Bai Yang, Donald R. Zak, Richard J. Norby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08348-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08348-1

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