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Impact of CO2 Enrichment on Ecosystem Dynamics: Insights from FACE Experiments

Explore the findings from FACE experiments in sweet gum forest and the Nevada Desert, covering hypotheses related to biodiversity, competition, microevolution, and environmental change.

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Impact of CO2 Enrichment on Ecosystem Dynamics: Insights from FACE Experiments

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  1. Oak Ridge Free Air CO2Enrichment (FACE) experiment in sweet gum forest

  2. FACE 1998 Control 1998 Nevada Desert FACE experiment in Mojave Desert near Las Vegas

  3. Richardson et al. (2000) Introduced area Geographic Environment Reproduce Home range Disperse Natural area Disturbed area

  4. Lantana camara

  5. 10 hypotheses: Competition hypothesis Escape from biotic constraints hypothesis BCW (allelopathy) hypothesis Microevolutionary change hypothesis Vacant niche hypothesis Biodiversity hypothesis Variable resource availability hypothesis Disturbance and land use hypothesis Environmental change hypothesis Anthropogenic hypothesis

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