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Title: The Shifting Role of mRUE for Regulating Ecosystem Production

Journal Article · · Ecosystems
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  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
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To design a comprehensive view of ecosystem resource use, in this work we integrated parallel resource use efficiency observations into a multiple-resource use efficiency (mRUE) framework using a dynamic factor analysis model. Results from 56 site-years of eddy covariance data and mRUE factors for a site in the US Midwest show temporal dynamics and coherence (using Pearson’s R) among resources are associated with interannual variation in precipitation. Loading factors are derived from mRUE observations and quantify how strongly data are connected to the underlying ecosystem state. Water and light resource use loading factors are coherent at annual timescales (Pearson’s R of 0.86), whereas declining patterns of carbon use efficiency loading factors highlight the ecosystem’s trade-off between carbon uptake and respiration during the growing season. At annual and monthly timescales, influence decreases from ~85 to ~65% for loading factors for carbon use, while influence of light use loading factors peaks to ~60% at growing season timescales. Quantifying variation in ecosystem function provides novel insights into the temporal dynamics of changing significance of multiple resources to ecosystem function.

Research Organization:
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018409; FC02-07ER64494; NNX17AE16G; DEB 1637653
OSTI ID:
1550915
Journal Information:
Ecosystems, Vol. 23; ISSN 1432-9840
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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