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| DOI | 10.1111/1365-2745.14319 |
| Sensitivity of root production to long-term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 0022-0477 |
| EISSN | 1365-2745 |
| 英文摘要 | Root production influences carbon and nutrient cycles and subsidizes soil biodiversity. However, the long-term dynamics and drivers of belowground production are poorly understood for most ecosystems. In drylands, fire, eutrophication, and precipitation regimes could affect not only root production but also how roots track interannual variability in climate. We manipulated the intra-annual precipitation regime, soil nitrogen, and fire in four common Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem types (three grasslands and one shrubland) in New Mexico, USA, where the 100-year record indicates both long-term drying and increasing interannual variability in aridity. First, we evaluated how root production tracked aridity over 10-17 years using climate sensitivity functions, which quantify long-term, nonlinear relationships between biological processes and climate. Next, we determined the degree to which perturbations by fire, nitrogen addition or intra-annual rainfall altered the sensitivity of root production to both mean and interannual variability in aridity. All ecosystems had nonlinear climate sensitivities that predicted declines in production with increases in the interannual variance of aridity. However, root production was the most sensitive to aridity in Chihuahuan Desert shrubland, with reduced production under drier and more variable aridity. Among the perturbations, only fire altered the sensitivity of root production to aridity. Root production was more than twice as sensitive to declines with aridity following prescribed fire than in unburned conditions. Neither the intra-annual seasonal rainfall regime nor chronic nitrogen fertilization altered the sensitivity of roots to aridity. Synthesis. Our results yield new insight into how dryland plant roots respond to climate change. Our comparison of dryland ecosystems of the northern Chihuahuan Desert predicted that root production in shrublands would be more sensitive to future climates that are drier and more variable than root production in dry grasslands. Field manipulations revealed that fire could amplify the climate sensitivity of dry grassland root production, but in contrast, the climate sensitivity of root production was largely resistant to changes in the seasonal rainfall regime or increased soil fertilization. These results yield new insight into how dryland plant roots respond to climate change. The comparison of dryland ecosystems of the northern Chihuahuan Desert predicted that root production in shrublands would be more sensitive to future climates that are drier and more variable than root production in dry grasslands. Field manipulations revealed that fire could amplify the climate sensitivity of dry grassland root production, but in contrast, the climate sensitivity of root production was largely resistant to changes in the seasonal rainfall regime or increased soil fertilization.image |
| 英文关键词 | climate change; dryland; fertilization; fire; grassland; shrubland |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS类目 | Plant Sciences ; Ecology |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001226997700001 |
| 来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/287293 |
| 作者单位 | University of New Mexico |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Sensitivity of root production to long-term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems[J],2024. |
| APA | (2024).Sensitivity of root production to long-term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems.JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. |
| MLA | "Sensitivity of root production to long-term aridity under environmental perturbations in Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems".JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY (2024). |
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