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The effect of air elevated [CO2] on crown architecture and aboveground biomass in Norway spruce

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    SYSNO ASEP0383464
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleThe effect of air elevated [CO2] on crown architecture and aboveground biomass in Norway spruce
    Author(s) Pokorný, Radek (UEK-B) RID, ORCID, SAI
    Tomášková, Ivana (UEK-B)
    Slípková, Romana (UEK-B) RID
    Number of authors3
    Source TitleBaltic Forestry. - : Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry - ISSN 1392-1355
    Roč. 18, č. 1 (2012), s. 2-11
    Number of pages10 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryLT - Lithuania
    Keywordsthinning ; secondary shoots ; biomass allocation ; long-term experiment ; dendrometry
    Subject RIVEH - Ecology, Behaviour
    R&D ProjectsED1.1.00/02.0073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    SP/2D1/70/08 GA MŽP - Ministry of Environment (MŽP)
    SP/2D1/93/07 GA MŽP - Ministry of Environment (MŽP)
    IAA600870701 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
    EE2.4.31.0056 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    CEZAV0Z60870520 - UEK-B (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000309795700001
    AnnotationPotential influence of air elevated [CO2] on aboveground biomass was investigated on young (17-19 year old) Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) trees cultivated inside glass domes (GD) with ambient (A, 370 mmol (CO2) mol-1) and elevated (E, 700 mmol (CO2) mol-1) atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) established in 1997. GDs were working as a semi-open system (Urban et al. 2001). The trees were growing in two different stand densities (S, 5,000 tree ha-1 and D, 10,000 tree ha-1) until 2002. Then the first analysis of harvested trees from schematic thinning was done. Two years later the second analysis was performed. Amount of branches with secondary shoots (SS), total amount of SS on branches were higher within the crowns of E- trees comparing to A- ones, particularly in S stand. After thinning, number of branches with SS and stem SS decreased and it was found to be even lower in ES than in AS. However, leaf (LB), branch (BB), stem (SB) and total aboveground (TBA) biomass of tree were found to be unaffected by elevated [CO2], stem dendrometric parameters and the aboveground tree organs’ biomass increments were stimulated by thinning, especially in S stand. Then the number and length of whorl branches increased on average by 13 % and 8 %, and by 3 % and 10 % (insignificantly) in E- sparse and dense sub-treatments, respectively. Tree height, stem thickness, number of whorl branches, length of whorl branches and angle of their inclination were found to be unaffected by elevated [CO2]. The percentage differences between treatments were within +/-10 % interval and they showed slightly higher stimulation of initial growth for trees in D- spacing. The thinning stimulated growth of the stems and branches of primary structure.
    WorkplaceGlobal Change Research Institute
    ContactNikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268
    Year of Publishing2013
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