Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1371-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1371-2024
Research article
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18 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2024

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

Jorge F. Perez-Quezada, David Trejo, Javier Lopatin, David Aguilera, Bruce Osborne, Mauricio Galleguillos, Luca Zattera, Juan L. Celis-Diez, and Juan J. Armesto

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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

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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.
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