Pan, Y, Jackson, RB, Hollinger, DY et al. (11 more authors) (2022) Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO2 as water supply varies. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (3). pp. 315-323. ISSN 2397-334X
Abstract
Experiments show that elevated atmospheric CO2 (eCO2) often enhances plant photosynthesis and productivity, yet this effect varies substantially and may be climate sensitive. Understanding if, where and how water supply regulates CO2 enhancement is critical for projecting terrestrial responses to increasing atmospheric CO2 and climate change. Here, using data from 14 long-term ecosystem-scale CO2 experiments, we show that the eCO2 enhancement of annual aboveground net primary productivity is sensitive to annual precipitation and that this sensitivity differs between woody and grassland ecosystems. During wetter years, CO2 enhancement increases in woody ecosystems but declines in grass-dominated systems. Consistent with this difference, woody ecosystems can increase leaf area index in wetter years more effectively under eCO2 than can grassland ecosystems. Overall, and across different precipitation regimes, woody systems had markedly stronger CO2 enhancement (24%) than grasslands (13%). We developed an empirical relationship to quantify aboveground net primary productivity enhancement on the basis of changes in leaf area index, providing a new approach for evaluating eCO2 impacts on the productivity of terrestrial ecosystems.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Ecology & Global Change (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2021 12:56 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2022 11:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41559-021-01642-6 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179708 |