Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

The effect of carbon fertilization on naturally regenerated and planted US forests

  • Eric C. Davis,
  • Brent Sohngen,
  • David J. Lewis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33196-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The CO2 fertilisation effect in forests remains controversial. Here, the authors disentangle the effect of CO2 on forest wood volume from other environmental factors, showing that elevated CO2 had a positive effect on wood volume in planted and natural US temperate forests.