Free-air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) in Global Change Research: A Review

• Published in: Advances in Ecological Research Vol. 28; pp. 1 - 56
• Main Authors: McLeod, A.R., Long, S.P.
• Format: Book Chapter Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Elsevier Science & Technology 1999; Academic Press
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agricultural and forest meteorology; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Climatology, meteorology; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Earth, ocean, space; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Generalities. Techniques. Climatology. Meteorology. Climatic models of plant production; Insects (entomology); Meteorology; Medium enrichment; Radiation use efficiency; Greenhouse effect; Root; Carbon dioxide; Review; Water balance; Biomass; Metabolism; Photosynthesis; Climate modification; Biological productivity

There have been many experimental studies to evaluate the response of vegetation to the effect of increases in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (p CO2) that are expected to occur during the next century. This knowledge is important for the future protection of food supplies,...