The main objective of this experiment is
to determine the functional responses of a cultivated, agro-forestry
system,
namely a multiclonal poplar
plantation, to actual and future atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
In detail, the following tasks will be carried
out:
•Coordination
of a trans-European research effort in the field of global
change interactions
with a forest plantation ecosystem. |
| •Improvement of
existing Free Air CO2 Enrichment facility
and granting access to a wider scientific community. |
| •Development of
remote sensing technology to assess water consumption and energy
balance of plantation
forestry systems under present and future climatic conditions. |
| •Evaluation the
amount of carbon being sequestered in the biomass and in the
soil of intensive bio-energy
forest plantation in relation to various management
regimes (coppice vs. single stem, fertilisation, species choice) |
| •Assessment of
relative contribution of increasing atmospheric levels of CO2 and
N fertilisation on increased C sequestration in surplus
arable land planted with woody crops. |
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