Percent Dry Weight (Biomass) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Fraxinus excelsior L. [European Ash]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
10
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
13.4%
 
 
 Standard Error
3.6%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Bloor et al. (2008)

Well watered plants grown from seed for ten weeks in pots filled with 7.3 L of a 50:50 mix of sieved topsoil and river sand of low nitrogen content housed within naturally-lit growth chambers located inside a large greenhouse
16%

 

 

Bloor et al. (2008)

Well watered plants grown from seed for ten weeks in pots filled with 7.3 L of a 50:50 mix of sieved topsoil and river sand of high nitrogen content housed within naturally-lit growth chambers located inside a large greenhouse
10%

 

 

Bloor et al. (2009)

Shoot biomass of one-month-old well-watered plants grown for ten additional weeks in PVC pots (20 x 14 x 40 cm) -- filled with a 50:50 mix of loamy topsoil and river sand of low soil nitrogen (N) content -- located within naturally-lit growth chambers inside a greenhouse in Orsay, France
13%

 

 

Bloor et al. (2009)

Root biomass of one-month-old well-watered plants grown for ten additional weeks in PVC pots (20 x 14 x 40 cm) -- filled with a 50:50 mix of loamy topsoil and river sand of low soil nitrogen (N) content -- located within naturally-lit growth chambers inside a greenhouse in Orsay, France
8%

 

 

Bloor et al. (2009)

Shoot biomass of one-month-old well-watered plants grown for ten additional weeks in PVC pots (20 x 14 x 40 cm) -- filled with a 50:50 mix of loamy topsoil and river sand of high soil nitrogen (N) content -- located within naturally-lit growth chambers inside a greenhouse in Orsay, France
12%

 

 

Bloor et al. (2009)

Root biomass of one-month-old well-watered plants grown for ten additional weeks in PVC pots (20 x 14 x 40 cm) -- filled with a 50:50 mix of loamy topsoil and river sand of high soil nitrogen (N) content -- located within naturally-lit growth chambers inside a greenhouse in Orsay, France
16%

 

 

Broadmeadow and Jackson (2000)

open-top chambers
17%

 

 

Bucher et al. (1998)

FACE
0%

 

 

Crookshanks et al. (1998)

open-top chamber, root biomass
-1%

 

 

Hattenschwiler and Korner (2003)

Plants grown from seed for three years beneath the canopy of the 120-year-old Hofstetten Experimental Forest near Basel, Switzerland, in open-top chambers exposed to light of approximately 2.2% the intensity of full sunlight
43%

 

 

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