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07 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 07 Jan 2021
| 07 Jan 2021
Contrasting responses of woody and herbaceous vegetation to altered rainfall characteristics in the Sahel
CAVElab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000,
Belgium
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Guy Schurgers
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Stéphanie Horion
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Jonas Ardö
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
Paulo N. Bernardino
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven,
3000, Belgium
Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen
University, Wageningen, 6708, the Netherlands
Bernard Cappelaere
HydroSciences Montpellier, IRD/CNRS, Université de Montpellier,
Montpellier, 34090, France
Jérôme Demarty
HydroSciences Montpellier, IRD/CNRS, Université de Montpellier,
Montpellier, 34090, France
Rasmus Fensholt
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Laurent Kergoat
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS/UPS/IRD, Toulouse, 31400,
France
Thomas Sibret
CAVElab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000,
Belgium
Torbern Tagesson
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
Hans Verbeeck
CAVElab, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000,
Belgium
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Paula Alejandra Lamprea Pineda, Marijn Bauters, Hans Verbeeck, Selene Baez, Matti Barthel, Samuel Bodé, and Pascal Boeckx
Biogeosciences, 18, 413–421, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-413-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-413-2021, 2021
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Tropical forest soils are an important source and sink of greenhouse gases (GHGs) with tropical montane forests having been poorly studied. In this pilot study, we explored soil fluxes of CO2, CH4, and N2O in an Ecuadorian neotropical montane forest, where a net consumption of N2O at higher altitudes was observed. Our results highlight the importance of short-term variations in N2O and provide arguments and insights for future, more detailed studies on GHG fluxes from montane forest soils.
Hannes P. T. De Deurwaerder, Marco D. Visser, Matteo Detto, Pascal Boeckx, Félicien Meunier, Kathrin Kuehnhammer, Ruth-Kristina Magh, John D. Marshall, Lixin Wang, Liangju Zhao, and Hans Verbeeck
Biogeosciences, 17, 4853–4870, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4853-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4853-2020, 2020
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The depths at which plants take up water is challenging to observe directly. To do so, scientists have relied on measuring the isotopic composition of xylem water as this provides information on the water’s source. Our work shows that this isotopic composition changes throughout the day, which complicates the interpretation of the water’s source and has been currently overlooked. We build a model to help understand the origin of these composition changes and their consequences for science.
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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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