Journal article
Greening drylands despite warming consistent with carbon dioxide fertilization effect
Abstract
The rising atmospheric CO2 concentration leads to a CO2 fertilization effect on plants-that is, increased photosynthetic uptake of CO2 by leaves and enhanced water-use efficiency (WUE). Yet, the resulting net impact of CO2 fertilization on plant growth and soil moisture (SM) savings at large scale is poorly understood. Drylands provide a natural experimental setting to detect the CO2 fertilization effect on plant growth since foliage amount, …
Authors
Gonsamo A; Ciais P; Miralles DG; Sitch S; Dorigo W; Lombardozzi D; Friedlingstein P; Nabel JEMS; Goll DS; O'Sullivan M
Journal
Global Change Biology, Vol. 27, No. 14, pp. 3336–3349
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
7 2021
DOI
10.1111/gcb.15658
ISSN
1354-1013