The carbon fertilization effect over a century of anthropogenic CO2 emissions: higher intracellular CO2 and more drought resistance among invasive and native grass species contrasts with increased water use efficiency for woody plants in the US Southwest

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 782 - 792
• Main Authors: Drake, Brandon L., Hanson, David T., Lowrey, Timothy K., Sharp, Zachary D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2017
• Subjects: acclimation; Acclimatization; Anthropogenic factors; Arid environments; Biogeochemistry; Bromus; C3 plants; Carbon; carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; climate change; CO 2; data collection; Drought; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; dry environmental conditions; free air carbon dioxide enrichment; free‐air CO2 enrichment; Grasses; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; historic CO2 emissions; Indigenous species; Invasive species; New Mexico; photosynthesis; Pinus edulis; Pinus longaeva; Plant growth; Plant reproduction; Plant resistance; Poa; reproduction; stable carbon isotope discrimination; Stomatal conductance; trees; Water shortages; Water use; Water use efficiency; wet environmental conditions; Woody plants; New Mexico

From 1890 to 2015, anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions have increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations from 270 to 400 mol mol−1. The effect of increased carbon emissions on plant growth and reproduction has been the subject of study of free‐air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments. These experiments...