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dc.contributor.authorRogers, Christine Anne
dc.contributor.authorWayne, Peter Michael
dc.contributor.authorMacklin, Eric Allen
dc.contributor.authorMuilenberg, Michael L.
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Christopher J.
dc.contributor.authorEpstein, Paul Robert
dc.contributor.authorBazzaz, Fakhri A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-22T18:35:13Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationRogers, Christine A., Peter M. Wayne, Eric A. Macklin, Michael L. Muilenberg, Christopher J. Wagner, Paul R. Epstein, and Fakhri A. Bazzaz. 2006. Interaction of the Onset of Spring and Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Pollen Production. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(6): 865-869.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-6765en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4874387
dc.description.abstractIncreasing atmospheric carbon dioxide is responsible for climate changes that are having widespread effects on biological systems. One of the clearest changes is earlier onset of spring and lengthening of the growing season. We designed the present study to examine the interactive effects of timing of dormancy release of seeds with low and high atmospheric CO2 on biomass, reproduction, and phenology in ragweed plants (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), which produce highly allergenic pollen. We released ragweed seeds from dormancy at three 15-day intervals and grew plants in climate-controlled glasshouses at either ambient or 700-ppm CO2 concentrations, placing open-top bags over inflorescences to capture pollen. Measurements of plant height and weight; inflorescence number, weight, and length; and days to anthesis and anthesis date were made on each plant, and whole-plant pollen productivity was estimated from an allometric-based model. Timing and CO2 interacted to influence pollen production. At ambient CO2 levels, the earlier cohort acquired a greater biomass, a higher average weight per inflorescence, and a larger number of inflorescences; flowered earlier; and had 54.8% greater pollen production than did the latest cohort. At high CO2 levels, plants showed greater biomass and reproductive effort compared with those in ambient CO2 but only for later cohorts. In the early cohort, pollen production was similar under ambient and high CO2, but in the middle and late cohorts, high CO2 increased pollen production by 32% and 55%, respectively, compared with ambient CO2 levels. Overall, ragweed pollen production can be expected to increase significantly under predicted future climate conditions.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1289/ehp.8549en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1480488/pdf/en_US
dash.licenseLAA
dc.subjectallergenic pollenen_US
dc.subjectAmbrosia artemisiifoliaen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectclimate variabilityen_US
dc.subjectelevated CO2en_US
dc.subjectglobal warmingen_US
dc.subjectragweeden_US
dc.subjectspringtime warmingen_US
dc.titleInteraction of the Onset of Spring and Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Pollen Productionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental Health Perspectivesen_US
dash.depositing.authorRogers, Christine Anne
dc.date.available2011-04-22T18:35:13Z
dash.affiliation.otherSPH^Exposure Epidemiology and Risk Programen_US
dash.affiliation.otherSPH^Exposure Epidemiology and Risk Programen_US
dash.affiliation.otherHMS^Global Health and Social Medicineen_US
dash.affiliation.otherHMS^Center for Health and the Global Environmenten_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1289/ehp.8549*
dash.contributor.affiliatedMuilenberg, Michael
dash.contributor.affiliatedWayne, Peter
dash.contributor.affiliatedRogers, Christine Anne
dash.contributor.affiliatedEpstein, Paul
dash.contributor.affiliatedMacklin, Eric


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