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


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Quercus myrtifolia Wild. [Myrtle Oak]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
10
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
124.8%
 
 
 Standard Error
51.9%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Dijkstra et al. (2002)

Open-top chamber study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground; aboveground biomass after first year
32%

 

 

Dijkstra et al. (2002)

Open-top chamber study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground; aboveground biomass after second year
48%

 

 

Dijkstra et al. (2002)

Open-top chamber study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground; aboveground biomass after third year
66%

 

 

Dijkstra et al. (2002)

Open-top chamber study of trees growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground; aboveground biomass after fourth year
67%

 

 

Johnson et al. (2003)

Fifth-year aboveground biomass from an open-top chamber study of vegetation growing naturally out-of-doors and rooted in the ground
72%

 

 

Li et al. (2007)

Open-top chamber study of regenerating trees in a scrub-oak ecosystem after being burned and cut back to ground level (wet year, second year after burning)
57%

 

 

Li et al. (2007)

Open-top chamber study of regenerating trees in a scrub-oak ecosystem after being burned and cut back to ground level (dry year, third year after burning)
180%

 

 

Seiler et al. (2009)

Total aboveground biomass of trees grown with a mix of other oak and miscellaneous species for 11 years in a fire-regenerated Florida (USA) scrub-oak ecosystem, portions of which were enclosed within open-top chambers
110%

 

 

Stiling et al. (2004)

Trees regenerating (following fire) in open-top chambers for six years: reproductive (acorn)
600%

 

 

Stiling et al. (2013)

A 0.8-h scrub-oak/palmetto ecosystem dominated by myrtle oak, sand-live oak and Chapman oak at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA), where fine root biomass was determined after a full decade of growth within ambient and open-top chambers
16%

 

 

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