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


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Fagus sylvatica L. [European Beech]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
29
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
27.8%
 
 
 Standard Error
5.1%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References
Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Bruhn et al. (2000)
Well watered and fertilized seedlings grown one to a pot within closed-top chambers maintained out-of-doors at ambient air temperature from early June to late September at Horsholm, Denmark
1%

 
 

Bruhn et al. (2000)
Well watered and fertilized seedlings grown one to a pot within closed-top chambers maintained out-of-doors at ambient +2.3°C air temperature from early June to late September at Horsholm, Denmark
9%

 
 

Bruhn et al. (2000)
Well watered and fertilized seedlings grown one to a pot within closed-top chambers maintained out-of-doors at ambient +4.8°C air temperature from early June to late September at Horsholm, Denmark
21%

 
 

El Kohen et al. (1993)
ventilated mini-greenhouses
51%

 
 

Fleischmann et al. (2010)
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed for nearly two years in CO2 enriched air at normal soil nitrogen (1N) concentration and grown for an additional 19 weeks
19%

 
 

Fleischmann et al. (2010)
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed for nearly two years in CO2 enriched air at normal soil nitrogen (1N) concentration, after which the seedlings were infected with the root pathogen Phytophthora citricola and grown for an additional 19 weeks
20%

 
 

Fleischmann et al. (2010)
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed for nearly two years in CO2 enriched air at twice normal soil nitrogen (2N) concentration and grown for an additional 19 weeks
15%

 
 

Fleischmann et al. (2010)
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed for nearly two years in CO2 enriched air at twice normal soil nitrogen (2N) concentration, after which the seedlings were infected with the root pathogen Phytophthora citricola and grown for an additional 19 weeks
35%

 
 

Hattenschwiler (2001)
open-top chambers, 3.4% full sunlight
17%

 
 

Hattenschwiler (2001)
open-top chambers, 1.3% full sunlight
74%

 
 

Hattenschwiler and Korner (2000)
open-top chambers, 0.8-2.1% of full sun
72%

 
 

Hattenschwiler and Korner (2000)
open-top chambers, 2.6-4.8% of full sun
13%

 
 

Heath et al. (2005)
Well-watered seedlings grown for 15 months in vertical sections of 16-cm-diameter polyethylene tubes supplied with 10 liters of fertilized soil (FS) containing 2.5 g/liter of slow release Osmocote fertilizer, all located within several 4.5-m-diameter Solardomes
2%

 
 

Heath et al. (2005)
Well-watered seedlings grown for 15 months in vertical sections of 16-cm-diameter polyethylene tubes supplied with 10 liters of unfertilized soil, all located within several 4.5-m-diameter Solardomes
8%

 
 

Heath and Kerstiens (1997)
Solardomes, low nutrients
18%

 
 

Heath and Kerstiens (1997)
Solardomes, high nutrients
110%

 
 

Hoosbeek et al. (2011)
Seedlings grown for four years in a FACE experiment conducted out-of-doors near Bangor, Wales (UK)
0%

 
 

Liu et al. (2004)
Well-watered and well-fertilized three- and four-year old seedlings grown for two years in phytotrons
4%

 
 

Rodenkirchen et al. (2009)
Adequately watered and fertilized two-year-old trees grown in containers (0.7 m x 0.4 m x 0.3 m) filled with field soil from a forest stand, for two years within phytotrons at ambient O3 concentrations
5%

 
 

Rodenkirchen et al. (2009)
Adequately watered and fertilized two-year-old trees grown in containers (0.7 m x 0.4 m x 0.3 m) filled with field soil from a forest stand, for two years within phytotrons at twice ambient O3 concentrations
13%

 
 

Smith et al. (2013)
Aboveground woody tissue produced by initially 60-cm-tall saplings grown out-of-doors for a period of four years (2005-2009) in a FACE study conducted at Bangor University, North Wales, UK
34%

 
 

Spinnler et al. (2003)
Seedlings of four different provenances grown for four years in the presence of many competing seedlings of other species on nutrient-poor acidic soil in open-top chambers
-25%

 
 

Spinnler et al. (2003)
Seedlings of four different provenances grown for four years in the presence of many competing seedlings of other species on fertile calcareous soil in open-top chambers
27%

 
 

Uchytilová et al. (2019)
Total above and below ground biomass of 4-year old trees that were subjected to elevated CO2 and reduced UV-B doses of approximately 0 kJ m-2 day-1 for two years
35%

 
 

Uchytilová et al. (2019)
Total above and below ground biomass of 4-year old trees that were subjected to elevated CO2 and ambient UV-B doses of approximately 10 kJ m-2 day-1 for two years
66%

 
 

Uchytilová et al. (2019)
Total above and below ground biomass of 4-year old trees that were subjected to elevated CO2 and elevated UV-B doses of approximately 16 kJ m-2 day-1 for two years
30%

 
 

Uchytilová et al. (2019)
Total above and below ground biomass of 4-year old trees that were subjected to elevated CO2 and ambient UV-B doses of approximately 10 kJ m-2 day-1 for two years
66%

 
 

Uchytilová et al. (2019)
Total above and below ground biomass of 4-year old trees that were subjected to elevated CO2 and elevated UV-B doses of approximately 16 kJ m-2 day-1 for two years
30%

 
 

Uchytilová et al. (2019)
Total above and below ground biomass of 4-year old trees that were subjected to elevated CO2 and reduced UV-B doses of approximately 0 kJ m-2 day-1 for two years
35%

 
 

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