Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability
hal.structure.identifier | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | |
dc.contributor.author | DUURSMA, Remko A. | |
hal.structure.identifier | Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère [UMR ISPA] | |
hal.structure.identifier | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | |
dc.contributor.author | GIMENO, Teresa | |
hal.structure.identifier | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | |
dc.contributor.author | BOER, Matthias M. | |
hal.structure.identifier | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | |
dc.contributor.author | CROUS, Kristine Y. | |
hal.structure.identifier | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | |
dc.contributor.author | TJOELKER, Mark G. | |
hal.structure.identifier | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | |
dc.contributor.author | ELLSWORTH, David S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-08T12:01:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-08T12:01:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1354-1013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/196180 | |
dc.description.abstractEn | Canopy leaf area, quantified by the leaf area index (L), is a crucial driver of forest productivity, water use and energy balance. Because L responds to environmental drivers, it can represent an important feedback to climate change, but its responses to rising atmospheric [CO2] and water availability of forests have been poorly quantified. We studied canopy leaf area dynamics for 28 months in a native evergreen Eucalyptus woodland exposed to free-air CO2 enrichment (the EucFACE experiment), in a subtropical climate where water limitation is common. We hypothesized that, because of expected stimulation of productivity and water-use efficiency, L should increase with elevated [CO2]. We estimated L from diffuse canopy transmittance, and measured monthly leaf litter production. Contrary to expectation, L did not respond to elevated [CO2]. We found that L varied between 1.10 and 2.20 across the study period. The dynamics of L showed a quick increase after heavy rainfall and a steady decrease during periods of low rainfall. Leaf litter production was correlated to changes in L, both during periods of decreasing L (when no leaf growth occurred) and during periods of increasing L (active shedding of old foliage when new leaf growth occurred). Leaf lifespan, estimated from mean L and total annual litter production, was up to 2 months longer under elevated [CO2] (1.18 vs. 1.01 years; P = 0.05). Our main finding that L was not responsive to elevated CO2 is consistent with other forest FACE studies, but contrasts with the positive response of L commonly predicted by many ecosystem models. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.subject | phenology | |
dc.subject.en | drought | |
dc.subject.en | free-air CO2 enrichment | |
dc.subject.en | leaf area index | |
dc.subject.en | litter production | |
dc.title.en | Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability | |
dc.type | Article de revue | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/gcb.13151 | |
dc.subject.hal | Sciences du Vivant [q-bio] | |
dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'environnement | |
bordeaux.journal | Global Change Biology | |
bordeaux.page | 1666-1676 | |
bordeaux.volume | 22 | |
bordeaux.hal.laboratories | Interactions Soil Plant Atmosphere (ISPA) - UMR 1391 | * |
bordeaux.issue | 4 | |
bordeaux.institution | Bordeaux Sciences Agro | |
bordeaux.institution | INRAE | |
bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | |
hal.identifier | hal-02637671 | |
hal.version | 1 | |
hal.popular | non | |
hal.audience | Internationale | |
hal.origin.link | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-02637671v1 | |
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