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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Owensby, Clenton E.;
Auen, Lisa M.;
Coyne, Patrick I. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Ft Hays Branch Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Hays, KS |
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| Title: | Biomass production in a nitrogen-fertilized, tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to ambient and elevated levels of CO2 |
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| Source: | Plant and Soil. Vol. 165, No. 1, 1994, p. 105-113. |
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| Publishing Information: | Dordrecht, Netherland: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
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| # of Pages: | 9 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00009967
Last checked: 10/14/2015
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Nitrogen fertilization; Carbon dioxide; Water use; Biomass; Atmosphere; Precipitation; Ecosystems
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Increased biomass production in terrestrial ecosystems with elevated atmospheric CO2 may be constrained by nutrient limitations as a result of increased requirement or reduced availablility caused by reduced turnover rates of nutrients. To determine the short-term impact of nitrogen (N) fertilization on plant biomass production under elevated CO2, we compared the response of N-fertilized tallgrass prairie at ambient and twice-ambient CO2 levels over a 2-year period. Native tallgrass prairie plots (4.5 m diameter) were exposed continuously (24 h) to ambient and twice-ambient CO2 from 1 April to 26 October. We compared our results to an unfertilized companion experiment on the same research site. Above- and belowground biomass production and leaf area of fertilized plots were greater with elevated than ambient CO2 in both years. The increase in biomass at high CO2 occurred mainly aboveground in 1991, a dry year, and belowground in 1990, a wet year. Nitrogen concentration was lower in plants exposed to elevated CO2, but total standing crop N was greater at high CO2. Increased root biomass under elevated CO2 apparently increased N uptake. The biomass production response to elevated CO2 was much greater on N-fertilized than unfertilized prairie, particularly in the dry year. We conclude that biomass production response to elevated CO2 was suppressed by N limitation in years with below-normal precipitation. Reduced N concentration in above- and belowground biomass could slow microbial degradation of soil organic matter and surface litter, thereby exacerbating N limitation in the long term." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 27 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Owensby, C. E., L. M. Auen, and P. I. Coyne. 1994. Biomass production in a nitrogen-fertilized, tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to ambient and elevated levels of CO2. Plant Soil. 165(1):p. 105-113. |
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