Claim · model-written summary
Species mixtures increased aboveground biomass in ambient atmosphere.
- Taxon
- speciese0
- Treatment
- polyculturee0
- Outcome
- aboveground woody biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 18.9 ± 1.0 kg m(-2)e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Verbatim
e0“In ambient atmosphere, our species grown in polyculture increased aboveground woody biomass from 12.9 ± 1.4 to 18.9 ± 1.0 kg m(-2)”
Title
Andrew R. Smith; Martin Lukac; Robin Hood; et al. New Phytologist 2013. doi:10.1111/nph.12136
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- Intervention effect In monoculture, elevated CO2 raised Alnus glutinosa woody biomass by 29%.
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- Intervention effect In polyculture, Alnus glutinosa biomass response to CO2 was 10%.
- Intervention effect In polyculture, Betula pendula biomass response to CO2 was 7%.
- Intervention effect In polyculture, Fagus sylvatica biomass response to CO2 was 0%.
- Intervention effect Species mixtures increased aboveground biomass under elevated CO2.
- Intervention effect Polyculture overyielding was smaller under elevated CO2 than ambient CO2.