<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hättenschwiler, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Miglietta, Franco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Raschi, Antonio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Körner, C.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morphological adjustments of mature Quercus ilex trees to elevated CO 2</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Oecologica</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">allometric adjustments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biomass allocation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">branch morphology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">branching</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaf area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural co 2 springs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1146609X97800264</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">361 - 365</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">It is still not known whether mature forest trees respond to increasing atmospheric CO 2 concen- trations in similar ways as seedlings do. Mature Mediterranean oaks (Qaercus ilex) growing in a CO 2 enriched atmosphere around natural CO 2 vents since the seedling stage showed a moderate, age- dependent increase in stem biomass production, but had significantly lower biomass of 6-year-old branches, decreased branching, and lower leaf area per unit branch biomass, compared to control trees at a nearby unenriched site. Our data indicate that trees in natural forest stands morphologically adjust to increasing CO 2 and reduce COz-induced initial growth stimulations. Allometric adjustments such as reduction in leaf area may be regarded as a &quot;down-regulation&quot; of canopy photosynthesis and may be an effective mechanism for saving water.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>