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Science 6 April 2001:
Vol. 292. no. 5514, pp. 36 - 37
DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5514.36
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GREENHOUSE EFFECTS:
High CO2 Levels May Give Fast-Growing Trees an Edge

Laura Tangley

Loblolly pines may reproduce earlier--and more abundantly--in a future environment pumped up with carbon dioxide, according to a new study reported on page 95. The conclusions are among several now beginning to emerge from an ambitious, decade-long project that aims to predict the effects of high CO2 levels on both the trees and the ecosystem as a whole. Already, the project has confirmed one key result of earlier small-scale experiments: that high CO2 levels can spur faster photosynthesis and growth.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Carbon Flux and Growth in Mature Deciduous Forest Trees Exposed to Elevated CO2.
C. Korner, R. Asshoff, O. Bignucolo, S. Hattenschwiler, S. G. Keel, S. Pelaez-Riedl, S. Pepin, R. T. W. Siegwolf, and G. Zotz (2005)
Science 309, 1360-1362
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