CO2 and biosphere

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Open top chambers for exposing plant canopies to elevated CO 2 concentration and for measuring net gas exchange....Pages 3-16
Free air carbon dioxide enrichment: development, progress, results....Pages 17-32
Analysing the responses of photosynthetic CO 2 assimilation to long-term elevation of atmospheric CO 2 concentration....Pages 33-46
Plant water relations and the effects of elevated CO 2 : a review and suggestions for future research....Pages 47-62
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Effects of increasing atmospheric CO 2 on vegetation....Pages 65-76
Interspecific variation in the growth response of plants to an elevated ambient CO 2 concentration....Pages 77-98
Root growth and functioning under atmospheric CO 2 enrichment....Pages 99-116
Crop responses to CO 2 enrichment....Pages 117-131
Interactions between C 3 and C 4 salt marsh plant species during four years of exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2....Pages 133-143
Plant responses to past concentrations of CO 2 ....Pages 145-156
Increasing CO 2 and plant-plant interactions: effects on natural vegetation....Pages 157-170
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Plant responses to atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment: interactions with some soil and atmospheric conditions....Pages 173-192
Response of plants to CO 2 under water limited conditions....Pages 193-210
Interaction between elevated atmospheric concentration of CO 2 and humidity on plant growth: comparison between cotton and radish....Pages 211-221
The greenhouse effect: the impacts of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation and ozone (O 3 ) on vegetation (crops)....Pages 223-238
Contrasting crop species responses to CO 2 and temperature: rice, soybean and citrus....Pages 239-260
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Rising CO 2 , secondary plant metabolism, plant-herbivore interactions and litter decomposition....Pages 263-271
The influence of plant carbon dioxide and nutrient supply on susceptibility to insect herbivores....Pages 273-282
Implications of increased carbon dioxide levels for carbon input and turnover in soils....Pages 283-292
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Response of the terrestrial biosphere to global climate change and human perturbation....Pages 295-305
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Impact of CO 2 enrichment on the regional evapotranspiration of agro-ecosystems, a theoretical and numerical modelling study....Pages 307-320
The need for micrometeorological research of the response of the energy balance of vegetated surfaces to CO 2 enrichment....Pages 321-328
Interaction of ocean and biosphere in their transient responses to increasing atmospheric CO 2 ....Pages 329-337
CO 2 and plants: revisited....Pages 339-355
Environmental policy and the greenhouse effect....Pages 357-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Assimilation, respiration and allocation of carbon in Plantago major as affected by atmospheric CO 2 levels....Pages 369-378
Interactive effects of atmospheric CO 2 enrichment, salinity and flooding on growth of C 3 ( Elymus athericus ) and C 4 ( Spartina anglica ) salt marsh species....Pages 379-390
Studying the effect of elevated CO 2 in the open in a naturally enriched environment in Central Italy....Pages 391-402
Elevated CO 2 and the mineral content of herbaceous and woody plants....Pages 403-411
Effects of elevated CO 2 on growth, photosynthesis and respiration of sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa Mill.)....Pages 413-419
Effects of long-term elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens , using a simple photosynthesis model....Pages 421-432
The combined effects of elevated CO 2 levels and UV-B radiation on growth characteristics of Elymus athericus (= E. pycnanathus )....Pages 433-439
Photosynthetic acclimation in tomato plants grown in high CO 2 ....Pages 441-448
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Description of branch bags and a system to control the CO 2 concentration within them....Pages 450-451
Effects of elevated CO 2 on birch....Pages 452-453
Acclimation of Lolium temulentum to enhanced carbon dioxide....Pages 454-455
Effects of elevated CO 2 on mature Sitka spruce....Pages 456-457
Effects of elevated CO 2 on Sitka spruce seedlings....Pages 458-459
Interaction of CO 2 and temperature in the growth and yield of winter wheat: test of ARCWHEAT model....Pages 460-461
The effect of CO 2 concentration on barley....Pages 462-463
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Interactive effects of CO 2 and O 3 on growth of radish ( Raphanus sativus L.)....Pages 464-466
Characteristics of an UV-B transmitting open top chamber....Pages 467-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-470
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