Publication
Title
The role of climate, foliar stoichiometry and plant diversity on ecosystem carbon balance
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Abstract
Global change is affecting terrestrial carbon balances. The effect of climate on ecosystem carbon balance has been largely explored, but the roles of other concurrently changing factors, such as diversity and nutrient availability, remain elusive. We used eddy‐covariance carbon‐flux measurements from 62 ecosystems from which we compiled information on climate, ecosystem type, stand age, species abundance and foliar concentrations of N and P of the main species, to assess their importance in the ecosystem carbon balance. Climate and productivity were the main determinants of ecosystem C balance and its stability. In P‐rich sites, increasing N was related with increased gross primary production and respiration and vice versa, but reduced net C uptake. Our analyses did not provide evidence for a strong relation between ecosystem diversity and their productivity and stability. Nonetheless, these results suggest that nutrient imbalances and, potentially, diversity loss may alter future global carbon balance.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Global change biology. - Oxford, 1995, currens
Publication
Hoboken : Wiley , 2020
ISSN
1354-1013 [print]
1365-2486 [online]
DOI
10.1111/GCB.15385
Volume/pages
26 :12 (2020) , p. 7067-7078 , 12 p.
Article Reference
gcb.15385
ISI
000582273000001
Pubmed ID
33090630
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Global Ecosystem Functioning and Interactions with Global Change.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 13.11.2024
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