Phillips, Nathan G.; Buckley, Thomas N.; Tissue, David T.
(Journal of Integrative Plant BiologyThis is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Phillips, N. G., Buckley, T. N. and Tissue, D. T. "Capacity of Old Trees to Respond to Environmental Change." Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 50 (2008): 1355–1364., which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00746.x/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.", 2008-11)
Atmospheric carbon dioxide [CO2] has increased dramatically within the current life spans of long-lived trees and old forests. Consider that a 500-year-old tree in the early twenty-first century has spent 70% of its life ...