Abrupt rise in atmospheric CO2 overestimates community response in a model plant–soil system

John N. Klironomos (), Michael F. Allen, Matthias C. Rillig, Jeff Piotrowski, Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad, Benjamin E. Wolfe and Jeff R. Powell
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John N. Klironomos: University of Guelph
Michael F. Allen: University of California
Matthias C. Rillig: The University of Montana
Jeff Piotrowski: The University of Montana
Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad: University of Guelph
Benjamin E. Wolfe: University of Guelph
Jeff R. Powell: University of Guelph

Nature, 2005, vol. 433, issue 7026, 621-624

Abstract: Climate: no short sharp shock Experimenters looking at the effects of a future increase in atmospheric CO2 will often expose a modern ecosystem to a high CO2 level, then see what happens. New work suggests that their results might be misleading. In a long-term (6-year) study of mycorrhizal soil fungi, an abrupt increase in CO2 had a much greater effect on biodiversity and structure in the fungal community than a gradual increase over 21 generations. It remains to be seen if a similar discrepancy occurs in field experiments, where more complex inter-species relationships apply, but it seems that caution should be exercised in interpreting the effects of changes that are more abrupt than occur naturally.

Date: 2005
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