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Unexpected reversal of C 3 versus C 4 grass response to elevated CO 2 during a 20-year field experiment
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A short-term trend reversed: Theory and empirical data both support the paradigm that C 4 plant species (in which the first product of carbon fixation is a four-carbon molecule) benefit less from rising carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations than C 3 species (in which the first product is a three-carbon molecule). This is because their different photosynthetic physiologies respond differently to atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. Reich et al. document a reversal of this pattern in a 20-year CO 2 enrichment experiment using grassland plots with each type of plant (see the Perspective by Hovenden and Newton). Over the first 12 years, biomass increased with elevated CO 2 in C 3 plots but not C 4 plots, as expected. But over the next 8 years, the pattern reversed: Biomass increased in C 4 plots but not C 3 plots. Thus, even the best-supported short-term drivers of plant response to global change might not predict long-term results. Science , this issue p. 317 ; see also p. 263
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- Reich, P. B., Hobbie, S. E., Lee, T. D., & Pastore, M. A.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2018-04-20
- Volume
- 360
- Issue
- 6386
- Pages
- 317-320
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2801634422
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- 282
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 30.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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