Free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) enhances biomass production in a short-rotation poplar plantation
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This paper investigates the possible contribution of Short Rotation Cultures (SRC) to carbon sequestration in both current and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]). A dense poplar plantation (1 x 1 m) was exposed to a [CO2] of 550 ppm in Central Italy using the free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) technique. Three species of Populus were examined, namely P. alba L., P. nigra L. and P. x euramericana Dode (Guinier). Aboveground woody biomass of trees exposed to elevated [CO2] for three growing seasons increased by 15 to 27%, depending on species. As a result, light-use efficiency increased. Aboveground biomass allocation was unaffected, and belowground biomass also increased under elevated [CO2] conditions, by 22 to 38%. Populus nigra, with total biomass equal to 62.02 and 72.03 Mg ha-1 in ambient and elevated [CO2], respectively, was the most productive species, although its productivity was stimulated least by atmospheric CO2 enrichment. There was greater depletion of inorganic nitrogen from the soil after three growing seasons in elevated [CO2], but no effect of [CO2] on stem wood density, which differed significantly only among species.
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Values for fine roots from willow and poplar grown as short-rotation forestry are lower than for short-rotation coppice.
“Several authors investigated fine roots from willow and poplar grown as SRC [5, 30, 81, 82, 88, 89] and SRF [72, 90–93], values for the latter being lower (Table 1).”
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- Authors
- Calfapietra, C., Gielen, B., Galema, A. N. J., Lukac, M., De Angelis, P., Moscatelli, M. C., Ceulemans, R., & Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.
- Affiliations
- Università degli Studi della Tuscia (IT)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Venue
- Tree Physiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2003-08-01
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 805-814
- ISSN
- 0829-318X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-4469
- OpenAlex
- W2129758456
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 53
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- FWCI
- 14.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
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- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
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- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Keywords
- free-air CO2 enrichment, elevated CO2, short-rotation poplar, Populus alba, Populus nigra, Populus euramericana, aboveground biomass, carbon sequestration, light use efficiency, biomass allocation, belowground biomass, soil nitrogen depletion, wood density, short rotation forestry
- MeSH terms
- Carbon Dioxide, Photosynthesis, Trees, Plant Roots, Plant Shoots, Biomass, Populus
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