Percent Dry Weight (Biomass) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Natural Ecosystem Composed Primarily (more than 95% of its biomass) of Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.) and White Birch (Betula pendula Roth)



Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
2
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
39%
 
 
 Standard Error
12.7%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Berntson and Bazzaz (1998)

Aboveground biomass of plants that regenerated from seeds and rhizomes within chunks of soil obtained from an ecosystem and were maintained for nearly two years in plastic containers within controlled environment glasshouses
21%

 

 

Berntson and Bazzaz (1998)

Belowground biomass of plants that regenerated from seeds and rhizomes within chunks of soil obtained from an ecosystem and were maintained for nearly two years in plastic containers within controlled environment glasshouses
57%

 

 

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