Differential influence of elevated CO2 on gas exchange and water use efficiency of four indigenous shrub species distributed in different sandy environments in central Inner Mongolia

• Published in: Ecological Research Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 863 - 871
• Main Authors: Li, Qiaoyan, Lai, Liming, Zhou, Jihua, Du, Hui, Guan, Tianyu, Zhang, Xiaolong, Jiang, Lianhe, Zheng, Yuanrun, Yu, Yi, Gao, Yong, An, Ping, Shimizu, Hideyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Wiley 01.09.2018; Springer Japan; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: arid lands; Arid regions; Artemisia; Artemisia ordosica; Artemisia sphaerocephala; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Caragana korshinskii; Carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide enrichment; China; Climate change; Conductance; Ecology; Ecophysiology; Elevated CO2; Evolutionary Biology; Forestry; Gas exchange; Global warming; Grasslands; Growth chambers; Hedysarum; Hedysarum laeve; Indigenous species; Life Sciences; Native organisms; Original Article; Plant growth; Plant Sciences; Resistance; Restoration; screening; Seedlings; Semiarid zones; shrubs; Stomata; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration; Water potential; Water use; Water use efficiency; Zoology; China; Inner Mongolia China; Elevated CO

In view of the increase in global warming and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations, it is essential to investigate the influences of climate change on plant growth and water use in arid and semi-arid grassland species. Experiments were conducted to understand the ecophysiological response of four i...