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  • 1
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    The Response of Natural Ecosystems to the Rising Global CO2 Levels (1990)
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 21 (1990), S. 167-196 
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    ISSN: 0066-4162
    Source: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Topics: Biology
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.21.110190.001123
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    Atmospheric CO2, plant nitrogen status and the susceptibility of plants to an acute increase in temperature (1991)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Plant, cell & environment 14 (1991), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-3040
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract. Elevated levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are expected to affect plant performance and may alter global temperature patterns. Changes in mean air temperatures that might be induced by rising levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases could also be accompanied by increased variability in daily temperatures such that acute increases in air temperature may be more likely than at present. Consequently, we investigated whether plants grown in a CO2 enriched atmosphere would be differently affected by a heat shock than plants grown at ambient CO2 levels. Plants of a C3 annual (Abutilon theophrasti), a C3 annual crop (Sinapis alba) and a C4 annual (Amaranthus retroflexus) were grown from seed in growth chambers under either 400 or 700cm3 m−3 CO2, and were fertilized with either a high or low nutrient regime. Young seedlings of S. alba, as well as plants of all species in either the vegetative or reproductive phase of growth were exposed to a 4-h heat shock in which the temperature was raised an additional 14–23°C (depending on plant age). Total biomass and reproductive biomass were examined to determine the effect of CO2, nutrient and heat shock treatments on plant performance. Heat shock, CO2, and nutrient treatments, all had some significant effects on plant performance, but plants from both CO2 treatments responded similarly to heat shocks. We also found, as expected, that plants grown under high CO2 had dramatically decreased tissue N concentrations relative to plants grown under ambient conditions. We predicted that high-CO2-grown plants would be more susceptible to a heat shock than ambient-CO2-grown plants, because the reduced N concentrations of high-CO2 grown plants could result in the reduced synthesis of heat shock proteins and reduced thermotolerance. Although we did not examine heat shock proteins, our results showed little relationship between plant nitrogen status and the ability of a plant to tolerate an acute increase in temperature.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1991.tb01539.x
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    Plant responses to carbon dioxide (1993)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 361 (1993), S. 24-24 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] SIR - There have been several reports suggesting that non-field-based studies of plant responses to elevated atmospheric CO2 may be compromised because small rooting volumes limit a plant's ability to respond to elevated CO2 (refs 1-3). This hypothesis calls into question most of our present ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/361024a0
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    Effects of simulated root herbivory and fertilizer application on growth and biomass allocation in the clonal perennialSolidago canadensis (1990)
    Springer
    Oecologia 84 (1990), S. 9-15 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Clonal integration ; Compensatory growth ; Fertilizer application ; Root removal ; Solidago canadensis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Compensatory growth in response to simulated belowground herbivory was studied in the old-field clonal perennialSolidago canadensis. We grew rootpruned plants and plants with intact root systems in soil with or without fertilizer. For individual current shoots (aerial shoot with rhizome and roots) and for whole clones the following predictions were tested: a) root removal is compensated by increased root growth, b) fertilizer application leads to increased allocation to aboveground plant organs and increased leaf turnover, c) effects of fertilizer application are reduced in rootpruned plants. When most roots (90%) were removed current shoots quickly restored equilibrium between above-and belowground parts by compensatory belowground growth whereas the whole clone responded with reduced aboveground growth. This suggests that parts of a clone which are shared by actively growing shoots act as a buffer that can be used as source of material for compensatory growth in response to herbivory. Current shoots increased aboveground mass and whole clones reduced belowground mass in response to fertilizer application, both leading to increased allocation to aboverground parts. Also with fertilizer application both root-pruned and not root-pruned plants increased leaf and shoot turnover. Unfertilized plants, whether rootpruned or not, showed practically no aboveground growth and very little leaf and shoot turnover. Effects of root removal were as severe or more severe under conditions of high as under conditions of low nutrients, suggesting that negative effects of belowground herbivory are not ameliorated by abundant nutrients. Root removal may negate some effects of fertilizer application on the growth of current shoots and whole clones.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00665588
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    Performance and allocation patterns of the perennial herb, Plantago lanceolata, in response to simulated herbivory and elevated CO2 environments (1991)
    Springer
    Oecologia 87 (1991), S. 37-42 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Allocation ; Compensatory growth ; Defoliation ; Reproductive effort ; Seed quality
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary We tested the prediction that plants grown in elevated CO2 environments are better able to compensate for biomass lost to herbivory than plants grown in ambient CO2 environments. The herbaceous perennial Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) was grown in either near ambient (380 ppm) or enriched (700 ppm) CO2 atmospheres, and then after 4 weeks, plants experienced either 1) no defoliation; 2) every fourth leaf removed by cutting; or 3) every other leaf removed by cutting. Plants were harvested at week 13 (9 weeks after simulated herbivory treatments). Vegetative and reproductive weights were compared, and seeds were counted, weighed, and germinated to assess viability. Plants grown in enriched CO2 environments had significantly greater shoot weights, leaf areas, and root weights, yet had significantly lower reproductive weights (i.e. stalks + spikes + seeds) and produced fewer seeds, than plants grown in ambient CO2 environments. Relative biomass allocation patterns further illustrated differences in plants grown in ambient CO2 environments. Relative biomass allocation patterns further illustrated differences in plant responses to enriched CO2 atmospheres: enriched CO2-grown plants only allocated 10% of their carbon resources to reproduction whereas ambient CO2-grown plants allocated over 20%. Effects of simulated herbivory on plant performance were much less dramatic than those induced by enriched CO2 atmospheres. Leaf area removal did not reduce shoot weights or reproductive weights of plants in either CO2 treatment relative to control plants. However, plants from both CO2 treatments experienced reductions in root weights with leaf area removal, indicating that plants compensated for lost above-ground tissues, and maintained comparable levels of reproductive output and seed viability, at the expense of root growth.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00323777
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    Plasticity and acclimation to light in tropical Moraceae of different sucessional positions (1991)
    Springer
    Oecologia 87 (1991), S. 377-387 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Photosynthetic acclimation/plasticity ; Sun/shade responses ; Tropical trees/seedlings
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary We evaluated both the photosynthetic plasticity and acclimation to light of seedlings of five co-occurring tropical tree species in the Moraceae,Cecropia obtusifolia, Ficus insipida, Poulsenia armata, Brosimum alicastrum, andPseudolmedia oxyphyllaria. Distinct differences in the species' abilities to respond to increasing irradiance correlated with their known habitat breadths and successional status. The early successinalsCecropia andFicus exhibited the highest photosynthetic rates and conductance values in high light. There was a several-fold difference in assimilation across light regimes, consistent with a high physiological plasticity. When individuals grown at low light were transferred to higher irradiances, seedlings of bothCecropia andFicus produced leaves which photosynthesized at rates as high or higher than those of plants continuously grown in high light, indicating a high photosynthetic acclimation potential. In contrast, the late successionals were characterized by both a more restricted physiological plasticity and acclimation potential. Higher light levels resulted in only moderate increases in assimilation among the late successionals, and onlyBrosimum acclimated fully to increased irradiances. NeitherPoulsenia norPseudolmedia increased appreciably their photosynthetic rates when transferred to high light. This suggests that acclimation potential cannot always be inferred from plasticity responses, and calls for a reevaluation of arguments developed solely from plasticity studies. Finally, differences between the early and late successional species in the allocation of nitrogen into RuBP carboxylase and thylakoid nitrogen pools or non-photosynthetic compounds are suggested by the distinct relationships between maximum photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen content.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00634595
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    Morning vs afternoon sun patches in experimental forest gaps: consequences of temporal incongruency of resources to birch regeneration (1993)
    Springer
    Oecologia 94 (1993), S. 235-243 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Betula ; Photosynthesis ; Seedling regeneration ; Timing of resource availability
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract We investigated whether the timing of high light availability as sun patches within forest gaps, independent of total or peak photosynthetic photon flux (PPF), influences the physiology and growth of four coexisting birch species (Betula alleghaniensis, B. lenta, B. papyrifera, and B. populifolia). Birch seedlings were grown for two years along either the east or west sides of experimental gap structures and at two moisture levels. Seedlings positioned in the west received sun patches earlier in the day than those in the east, and environmental conditions for carbon gain were generally more favorable during the earlier sunpatches in the west; air and leaf temperatures were lower, and relative humidity higher, relative to conditions during sun patches in the cats, simulating patterns observed in natural forest gaps. Seedlings positioned along the west edges of gaps fixed more carbon earlier in the day than those in the east, and in many cases, peak net photosynthetic rates were greater for west positioned seedlings. In year two, leaf-level integrated daily carbon gain was greater for west- than eastpositioned plants, and for the most pioneer species, B. populifolia, differences between west and east seedlings were greatest at lower soil moisture levels. Despite some small effects on leaf gas exchange, the timing of high light availability, and its temporal congruence with other factors critical to carbon gain, had no significant effects on first or second year seedling biomass. The responses of birch seedlings to controlled variations in the timing of high light availability were generally much smaller than birch seedling responses to variations in other components of daily light regimes such as total integrated and peak PPF.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00341322
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    Elevated CO2 and plant nitrogen-use: is reduced tissue nitrogen concentration size-dependent? (1993)
    Springer
    Oecologia 93 (1993), S. 195-200 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Allometry ; C/N Balance ; Global change ; Nitrogen-use efficiency ; Physiological adjustments
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Plants often respond to elevated atmospheric CO2 levels with reduced tissue nitrogen concentrations relative to ambient CO2-grown plants when comparisons are made at a common time. Another common response to enriched CO2 atmospheres is an acceleration in plant growth rates. Because plant nitrogen concentrations are often highest in seedlings and subsequently decrease during growth, comparisons between ambient and elevated CO2-grown plants made at a common time may not demonstrate CO2-induced reductions in plant nitrogen concentration per se. Rather, this comparison may be highlighting differences in nitrogen concentration between bigger, more developed plants and smaller, less developed plants. In this study, we directly examined whether elevated CO2 environments reduce plant nitrogen concentrations independent of changes in plant growth rates. We grew two annual plant species. Abutilon theophrasti (C3 photosynthetic pathway) and Amaranthus retroflexus (C4 photosynthetic pathway), from seed in glass-sided growth chambers with atmospheric CO2 levels of 350 μmol·mol−1 or 700 μmol·mol−1 and with high or low fertilizer applications. Individual plants were harvested every 2 days starting 3 days after germination to determine plant biomass and nitrogen concentration. We found: 1. High CO2-grown plants had reduced nitrogen concentrations and increased biomass relative to ambient CO2-grown plants when compared at a common time; 2. Tissue nitrogen concentrations did not vary as a function of CO2 level when plants were compared at a common size; and 3. The rate of biomass accumulation per rate of increase in plant nitrogen was unaffected by CO2 availability, but was altered by nutrient availability. These results indicate that a CO2-induced reduction in plant nitrogen concentration may not be due to physiological changes in plant nitrogen use efficiency, but is probably a size-dependent phenomenon resulting from accelerated plant growth.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00317671
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    Cost of reproduction as reduced growth in genotypes of two congeneric species with contrasting life histories (1992)
    Springer
    Oecologia 90 (1992), S. 21-26 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Time of reproduction ; Size at reproduction ; Reproductive effort ; Reproductive output ; Photoperiod
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary We examined the effect of reproduction on growth in 33 genotypes of Plantago major and 14 genotypes of P. rugelii. These two herbaceous perennials have contrasting life histories; P. major reproduces at a smaller size, and allocates a larger proportion of its biomass to reproduction, than P. rugelii. The effect of reproduction on frowth was determined experimentally using photoperiod manipulations to control level of reproduction. The difference in growth between reproductive treatments was divided by the difference in capsule weight to produce a measure of reproductive cost per g of capsule for genotypes of the two species. In both species there was substantial variation among genotypes in the effect of reproduction on growth. Much of this variation could be correlated with differences among genotypes in the extent of reproductive investment and plant size. Cost in terms of reduction in growth per g of capsule increased with reproductive investment in P. rugelii, and with plant size in P. major. We suggest the differences between species in timing and extent of reproduction are related to the differences between species in effect of reproduction on growth. Plantago rugelii may reproduce to a lesser extent than P. major because cost per g of capsule in terms of reduced vegetative biomass, increases with reproductive output in the former species, but not in the latter. Similarly, P. major may reproduce earlier than P. rugelii because cost per g of capsule increases with plant size in P. major, but not in P. rugelii.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00317804
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    Elevated CO2 and drought alter tissue water relations of birch (Betula populifolia Marsh.) seedlings (1993)
    Springer
    Oecologia 95 (1993), S. 599-602 
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    ISSN: 1432-1939
    Keywords: Global Change ; Forest regeneration ; Osmotic adjustment ; Cell wall elasticity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The effect of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations on tissue water relations was examined in Betula populifolia, a common pioneer tree species of the northeastern U.S. deciduous forests. Components of tissue water relations were estimated from pressure volume curves of tree seedlings grown in either ambient (350 μl l−1) or elevated CO2 (700 μl l−1), and both mesic and xeric water regimes. Both CO2 and water treatment had significant effects on osmotic potential at full hydration, apoplasmic fractions, and tissue elastic moduli. Under xeric conditions and ambient CO2 concentrations, plants showed a decrease in osmotic potentials of 0.15 MPa and an increase in tissue elastic moduli at full hydration of 1.5 MPa. The decrease in elasticity may enable plants to improve the soil-plant water potential gradient given a small change in water content, while lower osmotic potentials shift the zero turgor loss point to lower water potentials. Under elevated CO2, plants in xeric conditions had osmotic potentials 0.2 MPa lower than mesic plants and decreased elastic moduli at full hydration. The increase in tissue elasticity at elevated CO2 enabled the xeric plants to maintain positive turgor pressures at lower water potentials and tissue water contents. Surprisingly, the elevated CO2 plants under mesic conditions had the most inelastic tissues. We propose that this inelasticity may enable plants to generate a favorable water potential gradient from the soil to the plant despite the low stomatal conductances observed under elevated CO2 conditions.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00317447
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