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Titel |
Rising atmospheric CO2 effects on productivity: Feedbacks from soil moisture and species change in mesic, semi-arid, and arid systems |
VerfasserIn |
P. A. Fay, B. A. Newingham, H. W. Polley, J. A. Morgan, D. R. LeCain, R. S. Nowak, S. D. Smith |
Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2012
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Medientyp |
Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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Digitales Dokument |
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Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 14 (2012) |
Datensatznummer |
250064633
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Zusammenfassung |
Ecosystem responses to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration are regulated by interactions
with independent variables including climate and soil type, which set broad bounds on plant
and soil water relations and the regional species pool. Local climate, soil moisture, and
species composition and change are reciprocally coupled to ecosystem functional properties,
for example aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP). Three CO2 manipulation
experiments in mesic, semi-arid and arid ecosystems were compared for the role that water
and soil played in ecosystem responses to CO2 enrichment. Results from a CO2
experiment on mesic grassland (850 mm yr-1 precipitation) on three soils in Central
Texas, USA show that ecosystem change (ANPP response to CO2 enrichment to
500 μL L-1) was greatest on soils where elevated CO2 increased soil moisture and
favored a productive dominant grass species. Ecosystem change was muted on soils
where both feedbacks were not present. Soil moisture and species change feedbacks
were also present in semi-arid shortgrass steppe in Wyoming, USA (400 mm yr-1
precipitation). CO2 enrichment to 600 μL L-1 increased soil moisture by 12%, ANPP
by 33% and aboveground biomass of C3 grasses by 34%. However, soil moisture
and species change feedbacks were both absent in Mojave Desert (135 mm yr-1
precipitation). Here, CO2 enrichment to 575 μL L-1 caused no effect on ANPP, species
composition, or soil moisture in most years, but did increase soil carbon. Together these
experiments suggest that CO2 effects on ANPP may be greater when there are
feedbacks from CO2 effects on soil moisture and species change. However, these
feedbacks may vary in their effects on other aspects of ecosystem function such as soil
carbon. The results also demonstrate mechanisms by which soils will likely cause
spatial variation in CO2 effects on ANPP and other aspects of ecosystem function. |
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