A trait-based ecosystem model suggests that long-term responsiveness to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration is greater in slow-growing than fast-growing plants

responsiveness to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration is greater in slow-growing than fast-growing plants Ashehad A. Ali, Belinda E. Medlyn*, Kristine Y. Crous and Peter B. Reich Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109 Australia; Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 475, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, New South Wales 2751 Australia; and Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA