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  Do slow-growing species and nutrient-stressed plants consistently respond less to elevated CO2? A clarification of some issues raised by Poorter (1998)

Lloyd, J., & Farquhar, G. D. (2000). Do slow-growing species and nutrient-stressed plants consistently respond less to elevated CO2? A clarification of some issues raised by Poorter (1998). Global Change Biology, 6(8), 871-876.

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Lloyd, J.1, Author           
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1Research Group Carbon-Change Atmosphere, Dr. J. Lloyd, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1497762              

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Free keywords: Elevated carbon dioxide Nitrogen nutrition Plant growth rate Growth-responses Carbon economy Ecosystems Enrichment
 Abstract: Lloyd & Farquhar 1996 addressed the effect of elevated [CO2] on the relationships between photosynthesis, plant growth and their interaction with soil nitrogen availability. Using a quantitative approach the contrasting nature of photosynthetic vs. growth responses to elevated [CO2] was discussed. The importance of genetic and environmental differences in plant respiratory costs was also emphasized. In examining the importance of variation in soil nitrogen availability in modulating [CO2]–growth relationships it was concluded, contrary to the widely held assumption at the time, that plant growth enhancements in response to elevated CO2 concentrations were ‘nearly as often as not greater under low nutrient conditions’ ( Lloyd & Farquhar 1996; p. 8). A simple model of plant growth in relation to carbon and nitrogen availability accounting for this observation was then presented. In passing, likely effects of higher respiratory costs in slower growing plants on their growth response to elevated [CO2] were also mentioned. Recently Poorter (1998) has suggested that the model of Lloyd & Farquhar (1996) is ‘not supported by the available data’ and that ‘plant growth at low nutrient supply or high CO2 concentrations is not constrained by C-availability’. Here we show why some of the issues and hypotheses advanced in his paper may be flawed.

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Title: Global Change Biology
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Publ. Info: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 6 (8) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 871 - 876 Identifier: CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925618107
ISSN: 1354-1013