Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,

Land use legacies drive higher growth, lower wood density and enhanced climatic sensitivity in recently established forests

Publication date: 15 October 2019Source: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volumes 276–277Author(s): Raquel Alfaro-Sánchez, Alistair S. Jump, Joan Pino, Oihane Díez-Nogales, Josep Maria EspeltaAbstractEurope is undergoing significant forest expansion due to the abandonment of rural areas driven by economic and demographic changes. Recently established forests provide key ecosystem services such as habitat provision and increased carbon stocks. However, we lack understanding of whether past land...

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Experimental warming amplified opposite impacts of drought vs. wet extremes on ecosystem carbon cycle in a tallgrass prairie

Publication date: 15 October 2019Source: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volumes 276–277Author(s): Chang Gyo Jung, Xia Xu, Shuli Niu, Junyi Liang, Xuecheng Chen, Zheng Shi, Lifen Jiang, Yiqi LuoAbstractClimate warming is leading to greater precipitation variability, resulting in increased frequency and intensity of both drought and wet extremes. However, how these extreme events interact with climate warming and hay-harvest in grasslands to impact ecosystem functions has not yet been well explored....

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