Journal article
Challenges in elevated CO2 experiments on forests
National Research Council of Italy1
Lund University2
Wageningen University & Research3
Michigan Technological University4
North Carolina State University5
University of Basel6
University of Illinois7
Brookhaven National Laboratory8
University of Antwerp9
Imperial College London10
Technical University of Munich11
United States Department of Agriculture12
Oak Ridge National Laboratory13
Duke University14
K.E. Percy Air Quality Effects Consulting Ltd.15
Department of Agronomy, Forestry and Land Use CRA16
Max Planck Institute17
University of Southampton18
Ecosystems, Biosystems Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark19
Biosystems Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark20
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark21
Tuscia University22
Western Sydney University23
Bangor University24
City College of New York25
...and 15 moreCurrent forest Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) experiments are reaching completion. Therefore, it is time to define the scientific goals and priorities of future experimental facilities. In this opinion article, we discuss the following three overarching issues (i) What are the most urgent scientific questions and how can they be addressed? (ii) What forest ecosystems should be investigated? (iii) Which other climate change factors should be coupled with elevated CO2 concentrations in future experiments to better predict the effects of climate change? Plantations and natural forests can have conflicting purposes for high productivity and environmental protection.
However, in both cases the assessment of carbon balance and how this will be affected by elevated CO2 concentrations and the interacting climate change factors is the most pressing priority for future experiments.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 5-10 |
ISSN: | 18784372 and 13601385 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.11.001 |