FACE-ing the facts: Inconsistencies and interdependence among field, chamber and modeling studies of elevated [CO2] impacts on crop yield and food supply

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-9

  Ainsworth, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Leakey, Andrew D B ^b   Ort, Donald R ^a,b   Long, Stephen P ^b  

^a USDA ARS Photosynthesis Research Unit   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2 response ratio; Crop yield; Free air CO 2 enrichment (FACE); World food supply

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; DRUG EFFECT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 44649113891     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02500.x     Document Type: Letter

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