What have we learned from 15 years of free‐air CO2 enrichment (FACE)? A meta‐analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to …

EA Ainsworth, SP Long - New phytologist, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐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 …

Legumes: importance and constraints to greater use

PH Graham, CP Vance - Plant physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Legumes, broadly defined by their unusual flower structure, podded fruit, and the ability of
88% of the species examined to date to form nodules with rhizobia (de Faria et al., 1989) …

Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta‐analysis

H Feng, J Guo, C Peng, D Kneeshaw… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A significant increase in reactive nitrogen (N) added to terrestrial ecosystems through
agricultural fertilization or atmospheric deposition is considered to be one of the most …

Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization

W Kolby Smith, SC Reed, CC Cleveland… - Nature climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Atmospheric mass balance analyses suggest that terrestrial carbon (C) storage is
increasing, partially abating the atmospheric [CO2] growth rate, although the continued …

Unexpected reversal of C3 versus C4 grass response to elevated CO2 during a 20-year field experiment

PB Reich, SE Hobbie, TD Lee, MA Pastore - Science, 2018 - science.org
Theory predicts and evidence shows that plant species that use the C4 photosynthetic
pathway (C4 species) are less responsive to elevated carbon dioxide (e CO2) than species …

Grassland responses to elevated CO2 determined by plant–microbe competition for phosphorus

J Ben Keane, IP Hartley, CR Taylor, JR Leake… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rising atmospheric CO2 has stimulated plant productivity, with terrestrial ecosystems
currently absorbing nearly one-third of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Increases in …

Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide: plants FACE the future

SP Long, EA Ainsworth, A Rogers… - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) is now higher than it was at any time in
the past 26 million years and is expected to nearly double during this century. Terrestrial …

Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: A trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants

KN Suding, S Lavorel, FS Chapin Iii… - Global Change …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting ecosystem responses to global change is a major challenge in ecology. A critical
step in that challenge is to understand how changing environmental conditions influence …

Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2

PB Reich, SE Hobbie, T Lee, DS Ellsworth, JB West… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Enhanced plant biomass accumulation in response to elevated atmospheric CO2
concentration could dampen the future rate of increase in CO2 levels and associated climate …

Global response patterns of terrestrial plant species to nitrogen addition

J **a, S Wan - New Phytologist, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Better understanding of the responses of terrestrial plant species under global nitrogen (N)
enrichment is critical for projection of changes in structure, functioning, and service of …