Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations in savanna trees and C4 grasses grown at low, ambient and high atmospheric CO2
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology. - 1985. - 274(2018) vom: 01. Sept., Seite 181-192 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2018
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Acacia Celtis Combretum Elevated CO(2) Global change Non-stomatal limitations Photosynthesis Poaceae Sub-ambient CO(2) mehr... |
| Zusammenfassung: | Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. By the end of the century, atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]a) could reach 800 ppm, having risen from ∼200 ppm ∼24 Myr ago. Carbon dioxide enters plant leaves through stomata that limit CO2 diffusion and assimilation, imposing stomatal limitation (LS). Other factors limiting assimilation are collectively called non-stomatal limitations (LNS). C4 photosynthesis concentrates CO2 around Rubisco, typically reducing LS. C4-dominated savanna grasslands expanded under low [CO2]a and are metastable ecosystems where the response of trees and C4 grasses to rising [CO2]a will determine shifting vegetation patterns. How LS and LNS differ between savanna trees and C4 grasses under different [CO2]a will govern the responses of CO2 fixation and plant cover to [CO2]a - but quantitative comparisons are lacking. We measured assimilation, within soil wetting-drying cycles, of three C3 trees and three C4 grasses grown at 200, 400 or 800 ppm [CO2]a. Using assimilation-response curves, we resolved LS and LNS and show that rising [CO2]a alleviated LS, particularly for the C3 trees, but LNS was unaffected and remained substantially higher for the grasses across all [CO2]a treatments. Because LNS incurs higher metabolic costs and recovery compared with LS, our findings indicate that C4 grasses will be comparatively disadvantaged as [CO2]a rises |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 09.10.2018 Date Revised 30.09.2020 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-2259 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.05.028 |