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Plant Dry Weight (Biomass) Responses to
Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment:
Natural Communtities or Ecosystems

For a description of how these data are arranged, click here.  Otherwise, begin by clicking on the natural community or ecosystem for which you seek information in the list below.

7 Species Ecosystem

10 Species of Tropical Forest Tree Seedlings

12 Species Ecosystem

12 Species From Fertile Permanent Grassland

Calcareous Grassland (C3)

Calcareous Grassland dominated by Bromus erectus (Hudson)

California Annual Grassland

California Grassland of Mostly Small Annual Species

Chaparral ecosystem dominated by shrubs

Duke Forest dominated by Loblolly Pine and other trees, shrubs and vines

European Beech and Norway Spruce Ecosystem

Filamentous algae dominated by Zygnema species, but also containing some Mougeotia and Spirogyra

Grassland Community

Grassland [High-species-diversity temperate grazed in New Zealand]

Grassland [Species-rich on a brown earth soil over limestone]

Grassland [Species-poor on a peaty gley soil]

Irish Neutral Grassland Community

Linum usitatissimum L. [Common Flax] in mixed stands with Silene cretica

Loblolly pine seedlings plus a variety of C3 and C4 weeds

Longleaf pine savannahs throughout the southeastern United States

Mixed Community of White Clover and Buffalo Grass

Mixed stand of Quaking Aspen and Paper Birch

Mixed stand of Quaking Aspen and Sugar Maple

Narrowleaf plantain/tall fescue mixture

Native Riparian Community of the United Kingdom

Native Tallgrass Prairie

Native Tallgrass Prairie Dominated by Andropogon gerardii Vitman

Natural Ecosystem Composed Primarily (more than 95% of its biomass) of Yellow Birch and White Birch

Non-grazed Grassland Near Giessen, Germany

Non-legume Dicot Component of a New Zealand Dry Sandy Pasture

Nutrient-Poor Semi-Natural Grassland

Orchard Grass and Red Clover Pasture in Switzerland

Pasture Ecosystem

Peat communities from Wales

Perennial Grassland of Cedar Creek Natural History Area in central Minnesota, USA

Perennial Ryegrass and White Clover Mixture

Pristine Tallgrass Prairie

Scrub Oak Palmetto Ecosystem

Semi-Natural Grassland

Semi-Natural Grassland in Minnesota, USA

Semi-natural grassland in central Sweden

Shortgrass steppe in NE Colorado

Silene cretica in mixed stands with Common Flax

Understory Plants in a Spruce Model Ecosystem

Understory Vegetation of a Sweetgum Plantation

Wetland Communities Comprised of Native Graminoids and Reed Canary Grass