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Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-77-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-77-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Research article
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07 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 07 Jan 2021

Contrasting responses of woody and herbaceous vegetation to altered rainfall characteristics in the Sahel

Wim Verbruggen, Guy Schurgers, Stéphanie Horion, Jonas Ardö, Paulo N. Bernardino, Bernard Cappelaere, Jérôme Demarty, Rasmus Fensholt, Laurent Kergoat, Thomas Sibret, Torbern Tagesson, and Hans Verbeeck

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A large part of Earth's land surface is covered by dryland ecosystems, which are subject to climate extremes that are projected to increase under future climate scenarios. By using a mathematical vegetation model, we studied the impact of single years of extreme rainfall on the vegetation in the Sahel. We found a contrasting response of grasses and trees to these extremes, strongly dependent on the way precipitation is spread over the rainy season, as well as a long-term impact on CO2 uptake.
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