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Limited Carbon Storage In			Soil And Litter Under Increased Atmospheric 		 CO2,
Nature
 









Excerpts: So it is difficult to quantify
how much faster the world's forests might be growing under high
CO2 conditions. (…)

(...) well-designed studies to test the effects of CO2
fertilization, in these cases at the scale of a forest stand in
the United States. The data show only modest carbon storage in the
soil and leaf-litter pools, and also provide preliminary evidence
that shortage of nutrients and water may limit the long-term
response of trees to increased levels of CO2.



Soil
Fertility Limits Carbon Sequestration By Forest
Ecosystems In A CO2-Enriched
Atmosphere, R Oren, D S
Ellsworth, K H Johnsen, N Phillips, B E Ewers, C
Maier, K V Schäfer, H Mccarthy, G Hendrey, S G
Mcnulty & G G Katul, Nature 411, 469 - 472 (2001)




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