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


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Populus alba L. [White Poplar]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
14
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
43.9%
 
 
 Standard Error
4.7%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Calfapietra et al. (2003a)

Three-year FACE study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground that were started from 25-cm-long cuttings; aboveground biomass after second year
35%

 

 

Calfapietra et al. (2003a)

Three-year FACE study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground that were started from 25-cm-long cuttings; aboveground biomass after third year
46%

 

 

Calfapietra et al. (2003a)

Three-year FACE study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground that were started from 25-cm-long cuttings; belowground biomass after third year
63%

 

 

Calfapietra et al. (2003b)

Seedlings grown for three years in FACE plots.  Biomass estimated at the end of each year by stem volume index = (basal diameter)2 x height; year 1
65%

 

 

Calfapietra et al. (2003b)

Seedlings grown for three years in FACE plots.  Biomass estimated at the end of each year by stem volume index = (basal diameter)2 x height; year 2
32%

 

 

Calfapietra et al. (2003b)

Seedlings grown for three years in FACE plots.  Biomass estimated at the end of each year by stem volume index = (basal diameter)2 x height; year 3
34%

 

 

Gielen et al. (2005)

Second year, whole plant biomass of drip-irrigated seedlings in FACE study in central Italy
31%

 

 

Gielen et al. (2005)

Third year, whole plant biomass of drip-irrigated seedlings in FACE study in central Italy
60%

 

 

Liberloo et al. (2004)

New shoots of trees after one year's growth following coppice in a FACE study
17%

 

 

Liberloo et al. (2004)

FACE study of plants in a short-rotation coppice culture two growing seasons after coppicing; fertilized
70%

 

 

Liberloo et al. (2004)

FACE study of plants in a short-rotation coppice culture two growing seasons after coppicing; unfertilized
23%

 

 

Liberloo et al. (2006)

Below ground biomass of the regrowth of well watered and fertilized trees in a FACE study of over three years after coppicing following three prior years growth under the same conditions except for no added fertilizers in the earlier 3-year period
32%

 

 

Liberloo et al. (2006)

Above ground biomass of the regrowth of well watered and fertilized trees in a FACE study of over three years after coppicing following three prior years growth under the same conditions except for no added fertilizers in the earlier 3-year period
37%

 

 

Lukac et al. (2008)

Root biomass of young drip-irrigated trees grown for three years at the POPFACE facility in central Italy
70%

 

 

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