Challenges in elevated CO2 experiments on forests

Carlo Calfapietra; Elizabeth A. Ainsworth; Claus Beier; Paolo De Angelis; David S. Ellsworth; Douglas L. Godbold; George R. Hendrey; Thomas Hickler; Marcel R. Hoosbeek; David F. Karnosky; John King; Christian Körner; Andrew D.B. Leakey; Keith F. Lewin; Marion Liberloo; Stephen P. Long; Martin Lukac; Rainer Matyssek; Franco Miglietta; John Nagy; Richard J. Norby; Ram Oren; Kevin E. Percy; Alistair Rogers; Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza; Mark Stitt; Gail Taylor; Reinhart Ceulemans

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2009.11.001

Challenges in elevated CO₂ experiments on forests

Carlo Calfapietra^*, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Claus Beier, Paolo De Angelis, David S. Ellsworth, Douglas L. Godbold, George R. Hendrey, Thomas Hickler, Marcel R. Hoosbeek, David F. Karnosky, John King, Christian Körner, Andrew D.B. Leakey, Keith F. Lewin, Marion Liberloo, Stephen P. Long, Martin Lukac, Rainer Matyssek, Franco Miglietta, John NagyRichard J. Norby, Ram Oren, Kevin E. Percy, Alistair Rogers, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Mark Stitt, Gail Taylor, Reinhart Ceulemans

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Abstract

Current 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.

Original language	English
Journal	Trends in Plant Science
Volume	15
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	5-10
ISSN	1360-1385
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2009.11.001
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Calfapietra, C., Ainsworth, E. A., Beier, C., De Angelis, P., Ellsworth, D. S., Godbold, D. L., Hendrey, G. R., Hickler, T., Hoosbeek, M. R., Karnosky, D. F., King, J., Körner, C., Leakey, A. D. B., Lewin, K. F., Liberloo, M., Long, S. P., Lukac, M., Matyssek, R., Miglietta, F., ... Ceulemans, R. (2010). Challenges in elevated CO₂ experiments on forests. Trends in Plant Science, 15(1), 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2009.11.001

Challenges in elevated CO₂ experiments on forests. / Calfapietra, Carlo; Ainsworth, Elizabeth A.; Beier, Claus; De Angelis, Paolo; Ellsworth, David S.; Godbold, Douglas L.; Hendrey, George R.; Hickler, Thomas; Hoosbeek, Marcel R.; Karnosky, David F.; King, John; Körner, Christian; Leakey, Andrew D.B.; Lewin, Keith F.; Liberloo, Marion; Long, Stephen P.; Lukac, Martin; Matyssek, Rainer; Miglietta, Franco; Nagy, John; Norby, Richard J.; Oren, Ram; Percy, Kevin E.; Rogers, Alistair; Mugnozza, Giuseppe Scarascia; Stitt, Mark; Taylor, Gail; Ceulemans, Reinhart.

In: Trends in Plant Science, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2010, p. 5-10.

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Calfapietra, C, Ainsworth, EA, Beier, C, De Angelis, P, Ellsworth, DS, Godbold, DL, Hendrey, GR, Hickler, T, Hoosbeek, MR, Karnosky, DF, King, J, Körner, C, Leakey, ADB, Lewin, KF, Liberloo, M, Long, SP, Lukac, M, Matyssek, R, Miglietta, F, Nagy, J, Norby, RJ, Oren, R, Percy, KE, Rogers, A, Mugnozza, GS, Stitt, M, Taylor, G & Ceulemans, R 2010, 'Challenges in elevated CO₂ experiments on forests', Trends in Plant Science, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2009.11.001

Calfapietra, Carlo ; Ainsworth, Elizabeth A. ; Beier, Claus ; De Angelis, Paolo ; Ellsworth, David S. ; Godbold, Douglas L. ; Hendrey, George R. ; Hickler, Thomas ; Hoosbeek, Marcel R. ; Karnosky, David F. ; King, John ; Körner, Christian ; Leakey, Andrew D.B. ; Lewin, Keith F. ; Liberloo, Marion ; Long, Stephen P. ; Lukac, Martin ; Matyssek, Rainer ; Miglietta, Franco ; Nagy, John ; Norby, Richard J. ; Oren, Ram ; Percy, Kevin E. ; Rogers, Alistair ; Mugnozza, Giuseppe Scarascia ; Stitt, Mark ; Taylor, Gail ; Ceulemans, Reinhart. / Challenges in elevated CO₂ experiments on forests. In: Trends in Plant Science. 2010 ; Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 5-10.

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