300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:
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Larrea tridentata (Sesse & Moc. ex DC.) Coville [Creosote Bush]
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300 ppm
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600 ppm
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900 ppm
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| Number of Results |
8
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| Arithmetic Mean |
104.9%
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| Standard Error |
22.9%
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Experimental Conditions
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300 ppm
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600 ppm
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900 ppm
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BassiriRad et al. (1998) |
growth chambers
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59%
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Clark et al. (2010) |
Shoot biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity, after which they were transplanted to 5.5-L pots filled with sand for nine more months of growth, during which time they were well watered and fertilized
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54%
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Clark et al. (2010) |
Root biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity, after which they were transplanted to 5.5-L pots filled with sand for nine more months of growth, during which time they were well watered and fertilized
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188%
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Clark et al. (2010) |
Shoot biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity
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52%
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Clark et al. (2010) |
Root biomass of plants grown from seed within a greenhouse for one month in water-saturated sterilized sand in transparent domed trays that maintained high humidity
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123%
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Housman et al. (2006) |
Adult shrubs growing naturally at the Nevada Desert FACE facility in southern Nevada, USA, during "an anomalously wet year" (1998)
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230%
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Housman et al. (2006) |
Adult shrubs growing naturally at the Nevada Desert FACE facility in southern Nevada, USA, during the last of three years of below-average rainfall (2001)
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55%
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Obrist and Arnone III (2003) |
Well watered plants grown for 178 days after seeding in 3.6-L containers filled with a 1:1 mixture of topsoil and blasting sand located within controlled-environment growth chambers
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78%
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