Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.5683/SP2/GJ94P8 |
Publication Date
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2020-03-26 |
Title
| Effects of elevated CO2 on competiton between native and invasive grasses |
Author
| Hager, Heather A. (Department of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Science,. University of Guelph and Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University.)
Ryan, Geraldine D.
Newman, Jonathan A. (Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University.) |
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Hager, Heather A. (Department of Integrative Biology. College of Biological Sciences. University of Guelph.)
Ryan, Geraldine D.
Newman, Jonathan A. (Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University.) |
Description
| We tested competitive outcomes for four native and four invasive perennial C3 and C4 grasses under ambient (390 ppm) and elevated (700 or 1000 ppm) CO2 concentrations in a closed-chamber greenhouse experiment with non-limiting water and nutrients, predicting that elevated CO2 would increase the competitive suppression of native grasses by invasive grasses. To test this, we determined the relative interaction intensity of biomass allocation for natives grown alone vs. those grown in native-invasive species pairs and measured photosynthetic traits that contribute to plant invasiveness and may be affected by elevated CO2 concentrations. We found no effect of CO2 for plant production measures of interaction intensity or for relative performance for most of the measured photosynthetic traits. In competition, invaders nearly always produced more biomass and tillers than natives, regardless of CO2 level. The results suggest that increasing CO2 concentration alone has little effect on grass competitive outcomes under controlled conditions. |
Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Keyword
| biomass
carbon dioxide
climate change
CO2
competition
competitive effect
competitive response
grass
invasion
invasive
native
non-native
photosynthesis
photosynthetic traits
plant competition
relative interaction intensity
relative performance
specific leaf area
stomatal density
tiller production |
Topic Classification
| climate change (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666
grasses (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3362
invasive species (AGROVOC) http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49865 |
Related Publication
| Hager, H.A., Ryan, G.D., and Newman, J.A. 2020. Effects of elevated CO2 on competition between native and invasive grasses. Oecologia. 192: 1099–1110. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04636-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04636-6 |
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NOTES ON PRESERVATION:
The original data files were multi-spreadsheet Excel workbooks. They are presented here as individual spreadsheets. In addition, the content of the workbooks have been exported into preservation-friendly formats and stored in the Preservation Files zip archive.
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Language
| English |
Production Date
| 2014 |
Production Location
| School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
Funding Information
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs
Mitacs
J.D. Webster Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Distributor
| Agri-Environmental Research Data Repository (University of Guelph) (AERDR) |
Depositor
| Hager, Heather A. |
Deposit Date
| 2020-03-24 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 2014 ; End Date: 2014 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2014 ; End Date: 2014 |
Data Type
| experimental |
Software
| JMP, Version: 13 |
Related Material
| Sampling methods are described in HA Hager, GD Ryan, JA Newman. 2020. Effects of elevated CO2 on competition between native and invasive grasses. Oecologia. 192: 1099–1110. |