Stephan D. Flint

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discussed induction of flavonoid synthesis by solar radiation, and specifically by UV-B radiation, as this relates to the potential acclimation of plants to enhanced solar UVB radiation that would result from stratospheric ozone reduction.

TL;DR: Based on research to date, some expectations about terrestrial ecosystem response as several elements of global climate change develop in coming decades are state.

TL;DR: Elevated solar UV-B radiation associated with stratospheric ozone reduction may exert effects on terrestrial ecosystems through actions on plants, microbes, and perhaps on some animals, but the effects are less well understood than at the molecular and organismal levels.

TL;DR: This review provides the first quantitative estimates of UV-B effects in field-based studies using all suitable published studies as a database and assesses the significance of solarUV-B enhancement for commonly measured variables involving leaf pigmentation, plant growth and morphology, and photosynthesis using meta-analytic statistical methods.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors survey and categorize some 300 papers from the past 20 years on this subject, draw general conclusions from the research and offer some recommendations with respect to ecosystem consequences.