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


For a more detailed description of this table, click here.

Quercus robur L. [Pedunculate Oak]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
8
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
30.6%
 
 
 Standard Error
12.8%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Bucher et al. (1998)

FACE
13%

 

 

Hattenschwiler (2001)

open-top chambers, 3.4% full sunlight
31%

 

 

Hattenschwiler and Korner (2000)

open-top chambers, 0.8-2.1% of full sun
13%

 

 

Hattenschwiler and Korner (2000)

open-top chambers, 2.6-4.8% of full sun
31%

 

 

Heath et al. (2005)

Well-watered seedlings grown for 15 months in vertical sections of 16-cm-diameter polyethylene tubes supplied with 10 liters of fertilized soil (FS) containing 2.5 g/liter of slow release Osmocote fertilizer, all located within several 4.5-m-diameter Solardomes
23%

 

 

Heath et al. (2005)

Well-watered seedlings grown for 15 months in vertical sections of 16-cm-diameter polyethylene tubes supplied with 10 liters of unfertilized soil, all located within several 4.5-m-diameter Solardomes
-12%

 

 

Maillard et al. (2001)

greenhouses, nitrogen-poor
26%

 

 

Maillard et al. (2001)

greenhouses, nitrogen-rich
120%

 

 

Printer Friendly Version