Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO2-enriched atmosphere

By Ram Oren, D. Ellsworth, K. Johnsen, Nathan Phillips, Brent E. Ewers, C. Maier, K. Schäfer, H. McCarthy, G. Hendrey, S. McNulty and 1 more. Nature, 2001

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Carbon cycling in peatlands A review of processes and controls (2002, background): “1985) and are currently shedding new insight on the response of forest ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations (Orem et al. 2001; Schlesinger and Lichter 2001).”
Progressive N limitation of plant response to elevated CO2: a microbiological perspective (2006, background): “…was initially believed that elevated CO2 would increase the C:N ratios and concentrations of re- calcitrant compounds such as lignins (Ball 1997; Oren et al. 2001) and other phenolic compounds in plant biomass (Booker and Maier 2001), reducing residue decomposition and N minerali- zation.”
The dependence of respiration on photosynthetic substrate supply and temperature: integrating leaf, soil and ecosystem measurements (2006, background): “Plant responses under elevated CO2 may be limited by nutrient availability (Oren et al., 2001; Johnson, 2006; Reich et al., 2006), and nutrient depletion has been identified in these macrocosms (Barron-Gafford et al., 2005).”
Estimating tree crown size with spatial information of high resolution optical remotely sensed imagery (2007, methodology): “The centre of the image was the FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) site at the Blackwood Division of Duke Forest (Oren et al. 2001).”
Influence of Environmental Variability on Root Dynamics in Northern Forests (2009, background): “…nitrogen limitation, facilitated by N sequestration into long-term biomass pools, decreased N mineralization, and reduced plant N use efficiency or uptake potential (Birk and Vitousek, 1986; Oren et al., 2001; Finzi et al., 2002; Luo et al., 2004; Norby and Iversen, 2006; Yuan and Chen, 2009) (Fig.”
Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: A mechanistic, globally applicable model of plant nitrogen uptake, retranslocation, and fixation (2010, background): “…et al., 2008], and a large part of that uncertainty is the role of the N‐cycle in modulating the exchange of CO2 between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere [Hungate et al., 2003; Jenkinson et al., 1999; Melillo et al., 1993; Nadelhoffer et al., 1999; Oren et al., 2001; VEMAP Members, 1995].”
Differential responses to changes in growth temperature between trees from different functional groups and biomes: a review and synthesis of data. (2010, result): “Our results are thus likely to be an estimate of the best-case scenario for tree growth at warmer temperatures, bearing in mind that, while rising CO2 may increase growth further, nutrient limitations may constrain the CO2 response (Oren et al. 2001, Finzi et al. 2002, McCarthy et al. 2009).”
Nitrogen loss from unpolluted South American forests mainly via dissolved organic compounds (2002, background): “, with important long-term effects on productivity and carbon storage in nitrogen-limited temperate forest ecosystem”
Growth and phenology of mature temperate forest trees in elevated CO2 (2006, background): “Oren et al. (2001) reported such a transitory stem growth response for P. taeda.”
Tropospheric O3 moderates responses of temperate hardwood forests to elevated CO2: a synthesis of molecular to ecosystem results from the Aspen FACE project (2003, result): “We have not yet detected a diminishing of CO 2 growth enhancement , as has been reported for Loblolly Pine (Oren et al. 2001) and Sweetgum (Norby et al. 2001b).”
Plant CO2 responses: an issue of definition, time and resource supply. (2006, background): “Whether a 'pure' CO2effect will be retained after the breakpoint will depend on the rate of nutrient addition (Oren et al., 2001).”