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The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review.

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Hyvönen, R; Ågren, GI; Linder, S; Persson, T; Cotrufo, MF; Ekblad, A; Freeman, M; Grelle, A; Janssens, IA; Jarvis, PG; Kellomäki, S; Norby, RJ ...
Published in: The New phytologist
January 2007

Temperate and boreal forest ecosystems contain a large part of the carbon stored on land, in the form of both biomass and soil organic matter. Increasing atmospheric [CO2], increasing temperature, elevated nitrogen deposition and intensified management will change this C store. Well documented single-factor responses of net primary production are: higher photosynthetic rate (the main [CO2] response); increasing length of growing season (the main temperature response); and higher leaf-area index (the main N deposition and partly [CO2] response). Soil organic matter will increase with increasing litter input, although priming may decrease the soil C stock initially, but litter quality effects should be minimal (response to [CO2], N deposition, and temperature); will decrease because of increasing temperature; and will increase because of retardation of decomposition with N deposition, although the rate of decomposition of high-quality litter can be increased and that of low-quality litter decreased. Single-factor responses can be misleading because of interactions between factors, in particular those between N and other factors, and indirect effects such as increased N availability from temperature-induced decomposition. In the long term the strength of feedbacks, for example the increasing demand for N from increased growth, will dominate over short-term responses to single factors. However, management has considerable potential for controlling the C store.

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The New phytologist

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1469-8137

ISSN

0028-646X

Publication Date

January 2007

Volume

173

Issue

3

Start / End Page

463 / 480

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Temperature
  • Plant Biology & Botany
  • Nitrogen
  • Ecosystem
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon
  • 4102 Ecological applications
  • 4101 Climate change impacts and adaptation
  • 3108 Plant biology
 

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Hyvönen, R., Ågren, G. I., Linder, S., Persson, T., Cotrufo, M. F., Ekblad, A., … Wallin, G. (2007). The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review. The New Phytologist, 173(3), 463–480. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.01967.x
Hyvönen, Riitta, Göran I. Ågren, Sune Linder, Tryggve Persson, M Francesca Cotrufo, Alf Ekblad, Michael Freeman, et al. “The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review.The New Phytologist 173, no. 3 (January 2007): 463–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.01967.x.
Hyvönen, Riitta, et al. “The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review.The New Phytologist, vol. 173, no. 3, Jan. 2007, pp. 463–80. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.01967.x.
Hyvönen R, Ågren GI, Linder S, Persson T, Cotrufo MF, Ekblad A, Freeman M, Grelle A, Janssens IA, Jarvis PG, Kellomäki S, Lindroth A, Loustau D, Lundmark T, Norby RJ, Oren R, Pilegaard K, Ryan MG, Sigurdsson BD, Strömgren M, van Oijen M, Wallin G. The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review. The New phytologist. 2007 Jan;173(3):463–480.
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Published In

The New phytologist

DOI

EISSN

1469-8137

ISSN

0028-646X

Publication Date

January 2007

Volume

173

Issue

3

Start / End Page

463 / 480

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Temperature
  • Plant Biology & Botany
  • Nitrogen
  • Ecosystem
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon
  • 4102 Ecological applications
  • 4101 Climate change impacts and adaptation
  • 3108 Plant biology