scholarly journals Interactive global change factors mitigate soil aggregation and carbon change in a semi‐arid grassland

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 5320-5332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongshuo Bai ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Steven J. Hall ◽  
Fuwei Wang ◽  
Chenglong Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Soil Aggregation ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
Carbon Change ◽  
Semi Arid

Soil aggregation and total diversity of bacteria and fungi in various tillage systems of sub-humid and semi-arid Kenya

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kihara ◽  
C. Martius ◽  
A. Bationo ◽  
M. Thuita ◽  
D. Lesueur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Aggregation ◽  
Tillage Systems ◽  
Bacteria And Fungi ◽  
Total Diversity ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in woody organs, but not leaves, of temperate and tropical tree angiosperms are independent of the ‘fast-slow’ plant economic spectrum

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Ramirez ◽  
D. Craven ◽  
J.M. Posada ◽  
B. Reu ◽  
C.A. Sierra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Functional Traits ◽  
Carbon Allocation ◽  
Plant Traits ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
Leaf Habit ◽  
As Species ◽  
Structural Carbohydrate ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryBackground and AimsCarbohydrate reserves play a vital role in plant survival during periods of negative carbon balance. Considering active storage of reserves, there is a trade-off between carbon allocation to growth and to reserves and defense. A resulting hypothesis is that allocation to reserves exhibits a coordinated variation with functional traits associated with the ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum.MethodsWe tested the relationship between non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) of tree organs and functional traits using 61 angiosperm tree species from temperate and tropical forests with phylogenetic hierarchical Bayesian models.Key ResultsOur results provide evidence that NSC concentrations in woody organs and plant functional traits are largely decoupled, meaning that species’ resilience is unrelated to their position on the ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum. In contrast, we found that variation between NSC concentrations in leaves and the fast-slow continuum was coordinated, as species with higher leaf NSC had traits values associated with resource conservative species such as lower SLA, lower Amax, and high wood density. We did not detect an influence of leaf habit on the variation of NSC concentrations in tree organs.ConclusionsEfforts to predict the response of ecosystems to global change will need to integrate a suite of plant traits, such as NSC concentrations in woody organs, that are independent of the ‘fast-slow’ spectrum and that capture how species respond to a broad range of global change factors.

A synthesis of soil nematode responses to global change factors

2021 ◽  
pp. 108538
Author(s):  
Juan Zhou ◽  
Jianping Wu ◽  
Jingxing Huang ◽  
Xiongjie Sheng ◽  
Xiaolin Dou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Soil Nematode ◽  
Change Factors

scholarly journals Multifactor controls on terrestrial N<sub>2</sub>O flux over North America from 1979 through 2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1351-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. F. Xu ◽  
H. Q. Tian ◽  
G. S. Chen ◽  
M. L. Liu ◽  
W. Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
N2o Emission ◽  
N Deposition ◽  
N Fertilizer ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
Factor Interaction

Abstract. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas which also contributes to the depletion of stratospheric ozone (O3). However, the magnitude and underlying mechanisms for the spatiotemporal variations in the terrestrial sources of N2O are still far from certain. Using a process-based ecosystem model (DLEM – the Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model) driven by multiple global change factors, including climate variability, nitrogen (N) deposition, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), tropospheric O3 pollution, N fertilizer application, and land conversion, this study examined the spatial and temporal variations in terrestrial N2O flux over North America and further attributed these variations to various driving factors. From 1979 to 2010, the North America cumulatively emitted 53.9 ± 0.9 Tg N2O-N (1 Tg = 1012 g), of which global change factors contributed 2.4 ± 0.9 Tg N2O-N, and baseline emission contributed 51.5 ± 0.6 Tg N2O-N. Climate variability, N deposition, O3 pollution, N fertilizer application, and land conversion increased N2O emission while the elevated atmospheric CO2 posed opposite effect at continental level; the interactive effect among multiple factors enhanced N2O emission over the past 32 yr. N input, including N fertilizer application in cropland and N deposition, and multi-factor interaction dominated the increases in N2O emission at continental level. At country level, N fertilizer application and multi-factor interaction made large contribution to N2O emission increase in the United States of America (USA). The climate variability dominated the increase in N2O emission from Canada. N inputs and multiple factors interaction made large contribution to the increases in N2O emission from Mexico. Central and southeastern parts of the North America – including central Canada, central USA, southeastern USA, and all of Mexico – experienced increases in N2O emission from 1979 to 2010. The fact that climate variability and multi-factor interaction largely controlled the inter-annual variations in terrestrial N2O emission at both continental and country levels indicate that projected changes in the global climate system may substantially alter the regime of N2O emission from terrestrial ecosystems during the 21st century. Our study also showed that the interactive effect among global change factors may significantly affect N2O flux, and more field experiments involving multiple factors are urgently needed.

AnaEE: a European infrastructure for future-oriented experimental ecosystem research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans De Boeck ◽  
Simon Reynaert ◽  
Ivan Nijs ◽  
Karel Klem ◽  
Klaus Steenberg Larsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Precipitation Regime ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Ecosystem Responses ◽  
Ecosystem Research ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
First Results

&lt;p&gt;Human activities are directly and indirectly generating major environmental pressures on ecosystems worldwide through climate change, pollution and other global changes. Altogether, these changes result in a rapid erosion of biodiversity and a perturbation of ecological and agricultural systems and services, prompting urgent societal questions on how to retain or promote sustainable ecosystem services in a global change context. Understanding the responses of ecosystems to such pressures and perturbations, and developing adaptation strategies critically requires state-of-the-art experimental facilities that are able to simulate multiple global change factors. AnaEE (Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems) brings together such facilities in a European-wide infrastructure for experimental research on managed and unmanaged terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It assists and integrates four types of national platforms (Open-air, Enclosed, Analytical, and Modelling) and provides support to scientists who wish to engage in research projects using these platforms or the data they generate. These services are organised through the Central Hub and three Service Centres (Technology, Data and Modelling, Interface and Synthesis). This integrated approach improves the quality and availability of data and projections on ecosystem responses to global changes, enabling policy makers and stakeholders to make fact-based&amp;#160; decisions on how to sustainably manage ecosystem services. As an example, we shortly discuss the new open air FATI-platform (UAntwerp) in which ecosystems can be exposed to various combinations of precipitation change and warming, and present first results of a study on the impacts of precipitation regime changes on temperate grassland.&lt;/p&gt;

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