Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US long-term ecological research network
Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US long-term ecological research network
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2022-08-16
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Hudson, Amy R.
Peters, Debra P. C.
Blair, John M.
Childers, Daniel L.
Doran, Peter T.
Geil, Kerrie L.
Gooseff, Michael N.
Gross, Katherine
Haddad, Nick M.
Pastore, Melissa A.
Rudgers, Jennifer A.
Sala, Osvaldo E.
Seabloom, Eric W.
Shaver, Gaius R.
Peters, Debra P. C.
Blair, John M.
Childers, Daniel L.
Doran, Peter T.
Geil, Kerrie L.
Gooseff, Michael N.
Gross, Katherine
Haddad, Nick M.
Pastore, Melissa A.
Rudgers, Jennifer A.
Sala, Osvaldo E.
Seabloom, Eric W.
Shaver, Gaius R.
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10.1093/biosci/biab134
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Long-term observations and experiments in diverse drylands reveal how ecosystems and services are responding to climate change. To develop generalities about climate change impacts at dryland sites, we compared broadscale patterns in climate and synthesized primary production responses among the eight terrestrial, nonforested sites of the United States Long-Term Ecological Research (US LTER) Network located in temperate (Southwest and Midwest) and polar (Arctic and Antarctic) regions. All sites experienced warming in recent decades, whereas drought varied regionally with multidecadal phases. Multiple years of wet or dry conditions had larger effects than single years on primary production. Droughts, floods, and wildfires altered resource availability and restructured plant communities, with greater impacts on primary production than warming alone. During severe regional droughts, air pollution from wildfire and dust events peaked. Studies at US LTER drylands over more than 40 years demonstrate reciprocal links and feedbacks among dryland ecosystems, climate-driven disturbance events, and climate change.
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© The Author(s), 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Hudson, A. R., Peters, D. P. C., Blair, J. M., Childers, D. L., Doran, P. T., Geil, K., Gooseff, M., Gross, K. L., Haddad, N. M., Pastore, M. A., Rudgers, J. A., Sala, O., Seabloom, E. W., & Shaver, G. Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US long-term ecological research network. Bioscience, 72(9), (2022): 889–907, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab134.
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Hudson, A. R., Peters, D. P. C., Blair, J. M., Childers, D. L., Doran, P. T., Geil, K., Gooseff, M., Gross, K. L., Haddad, N. M., Pastore, M. A., Rudgers, J. A., Sala, O., Seabloom, E. W., & Shaver, G. (2022). Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem response to climate change in the US long-term ecological research network. Bioscience, 72(9), 889–907.