Seasonally contrasting responses of evapotranspiration to warming and elevated CO 2 in a semiarid grassland
Abstract
Abstract Global climate change is expected to alter seasonal patterns and rates of evapotranspiration in dry regions. Although climate change will involve elevated CO 2 and increased temperatures, independently, these factors may have different impacts on actual evapotranspiration (AET) due to their opposing effects on transpiration. We used canopy gas exchange chambers to quantify AET in a semiarid grassland experimentally altered by elevated CO 2 and warming over 3 years with contrasting ambient precipitation. Seasonal and interannual variations in AET due to background climate variability were larger than the effects of climate manipulation treatments. However, in a year with average precipitation, cumulative growing season AET was suppressed by warming by 23%. Across years, warming increased AET early in the growing season and suppressed it later in the growing season. By contrast, elevated CO 2 suppressed AET early in the growing season and enhanced it later, but only in years with average or above‐average precipitation. Vegetation greenness (a proxy for photosynthetically active leaf area) was consistently the strongest predictor of AET, whereas soil moisture and vapor pressure deficit were secondary drivers. Our research demonstrates that effects of increased atmospheric CO 2 and temperature on AET will be mediated by plant phenological developmentmore »
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- Department of Botany University of Wyoming Laramie WY 82071 USA
- Rangeland Resources Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Fort Collins CO 80526 USA
- Department of Botany University of Wyoming Laramie WY 82071 USA, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith 2751 Australia
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- Journal Name:
- Ecohydrology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Ecohydrology Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0584
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- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
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- English
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Sorokin, Y., Zelikova, T. J., Blumenthal, D., Williams, D. G., and Pendall, E. Seasonally contrasting responses of evapotranspiration to warming and elevated CO 2 in a semiarid grassland. United Kingdom: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/eco.1880.
Sorokin, Y., Zelikova, T. J., Blumenthal, D., Williams, D. G., & Pendall, E. Seasonally contrasting responses of evapotranspiration to warming and elevated CO 2 in a semiarid grassland. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1880
Sorokin, Y., Zelikova, T. J., Blumenthal, D., Williams, D. G., and Pendall, E. Mon .
"Seasonally contrasting responses of evapotranspiration to warming and elevated CO 2 in a semiarid grassland". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1880.
@article{osti_1398287,
title = {Seasonally contrasting responses of evapotranspiration to warming and elevated CO 2 in a semiarid grassland},
author = {Sorokin, Y. and Zelikova, T. J. and Blumenthal, D. and Williams, D. G. and Pendall, E.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Global climate change is expected to alter seasonal patterns and rates of evapotranspiration in dry regions. Although climate change will involve elevated CO 2 and increased temperatures, independently, these factors may have different impacts on actual evapotranspiration (AET) due to their opposing effects on transpiration. We used canopy gas exchange chambers to quantify AET in a semiarid grassland experimentally altered by elevated CO 2 and warming over 3 years with contrasting ambient precipitation. Seasonal and interannual variations in AET due to background climate variability were larger than the effects of climate manipulation treatments. However, in a year with average precipitation, cumulative growing season AET was suppressed by warming by 23%. Across years, warming increased AET early in the growing season and suppressed it later in the growing season. By contrast, elevated CO 2 suppressed AET early in the growing season and enhanced it later, but only in years with average or above‐average precipitation. Vegetation greenness (a proxy for photosynthetically active leaf area) was consistently the strongest predictor of AET, whereas soil moisture and vapor pressure deficit were secondary drivers. Our research demonstrates that effects of increased atmospheric CO 2 and temperature on AET will be mediated by plant phenological development and seasonal climatic conditions.},
doi = {10.1002/eco.1880},
journal = {Ecohydrology},
number = 7,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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