TY - JOUR
AU1 - Morgan, Jack A.
AU2 - LeCain, Daniel R.
AU3 - Pendall, Elise
AU4 - Blumenthal, Dana M.
AU5 - Kimball, Bruce A.
AU6 - Carrillo, Yolima
AU7 - Williams, David G.
AU8 - Heisler-White, Jana
AU9 - Dijkstra, Feike A.
AU1 - West, Mark
AB - Elevated carbon dioxide and elevated temperature, the cause and consequence of climate change, are predicted to have opposing effects on plant productivity, with temperature increasing desiccation but CO2 increasing the efficiency of water use. The relative strengths of the two effects are, however, hard to predict. This experimental warming and elevated CO2 study shows that in semi-arid grassland, the CO2 effect can completely counter the warming effect. These findings have particular relevance to semi-arid and seasonally dry regions, which are expected to become even drier under climate change, and suggest that it is precisely these regions where elevated CO2 will do most to ameliorate the desiccating effects of climate change.
TI - C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland
JF - Nature
DO - 10.1038/nature10274
DA - 2011-08-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/c4-grasses-prosper-as-carbon-dioxide-eliminates-desiccation-in-warmed-806ZyXl60u
SP - 202
EP - 205
VL - 476
IS - 7359
DP - DeepDyve
ER -