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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1371-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1371-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comparison of carbon and water fluxes and the drivers of ecosystem water use efficiency in a temperate rainforest and a peatland in southern South America
Department of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Barrio Universitario Concepción, Chile
Cape Horn International Center, Punta Arenas, Chile
David Trejo
Department of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Barrio Universitario Concepción, Chile
Cape Horn International Center, Punta Arenas, Chile
Javier Lopatin
Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia, CR2, Santiago, Chile
Data Observatory Foundation, ANID Technology Center No. DO210001, Santiago, Chile
David Aguilera
Department of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Bruce Osborne
UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
UCD Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Mauricio Galleguillos
Department of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia, CR2, Santiago, Chile
Luca Zattera
Department of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Natural Resources, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Juan L. Celis-Diez
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Barrio Universitario Concepción, Chile
Escuela de Agronomía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Quillota, Chile
Centro Regional de Investigación e Innovación para la Sostenibilidad de la Agricultura y los Territorios Rurales (CERES), Quillota, Chile
Juan J. Armesto
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Barrio Universitario Concepción, Chile
Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
deceased
Data sets
AmeriFlux BASE CL-SDF Senda Darwin Forest Jorge Perez-Quezada and Juan J. Armesto https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1902273
AmeriFlux BASE CL-SDP Senda Darwin Peatland Jorge Perez-Quezada and Juan J. Armesto https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1902274
Short summary
For 8 years we sampled a temperate rainforest and a peatland in Chile to estimate their efficiency to capture carbon per unit of water lost. The efficiency is more related to the water lost than to the carbon captured and is mainly driven by evaporation instead of transpiration. This is the first report from southern South America and highlights that ecosystems might behave differently in this area, likely explained by the high annual precipitation (~ 2100 mm) and light-limited conditions.
For 8 years we sampled a temperate rainforest and a peatland in Chile to estimate their...
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