The sensitivity of carbon exchanges in Great Plains grasslands to precipitation variability

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dc.contributor.authorPetrie, M. D.
dc.contributor.authorBrunsell, N. A.
dc.contributor.authorVargas, R.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, S. L.
dc.contributor.authorFlanagan, Larry B.
dc.contributor.authorHanan, N. P.
dc.contributor.authorLitvak, M. E.
dc.contributor.authorSuker, A. E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-27T19:13:17Z
dc.date.available2018-06-27T19:13:17Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Permission to archive final published versionen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the Great Plains, grassland carbon dynamics differ across broad gradients of precipitation and temperature, yet finer-scale variation in these variables may also affect grassland processes. Despite the importance of grasslands, there is little information on how fine-scale relationships compare between them regionally. We compared grassland C exchanges, energy partitioning and precipitation variability in eight sites in the eastern and western Great Plains using eddy covariance and meteorological data. During our study, both eastern and western grasslands varied between an average net carbon sink and a net source.Eastern grasslands had a moderate vapor pressure deficit (VPD=0.95kPa) and high growing season gross primary productivity (GPP=1010±218 g C m−2 yr−1). Western grasslands had a growing season with higher VPD (1.43 kPa) and lower GPP (360±127 g C m−2 yr−1). Western grasslands were sensitive to precipitation at daily timescales, whereas eastern grasslands were sensitive at monthly and seasonal timescales. Our results support the expectation that C exchanges in these grasslands differ as a result of varying precipitation regimes. Because eastern grasslands are less influenced by short-term variability in rainfall than western grasslands, the effects of precipitation change are likely to be more predictable in eastern grasslands because the timescales of variability that must be resolved are relatively longer. We postulate increasing regional heterogeneity in grassland C exchanges in the Great Plains in coming decades.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationPetrie, M. D., Brunsell, N. A., Vargas, R., Collins, S. L., Flanagan, L. B., Hanan, N. P., ... Suker, A. E. (2016). The sensitivity of carbon exchanges in Great Plans grasslands to precipitation variability. Journal of Geophysical Research (Biogeosciences), 121(2), 280-294. doi::10.1002/2015JG003205en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5140
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Wyomingen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUSGS Colorado Plateau Research Stationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Kansasen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Delawareen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of New Mexicoen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionSouth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Nebraskaen_US
dc.subjectGrasslanden_US
dc.subjectEastern Great Plainsen_US
dc.subjectWestern Great Plainsen_US
dc.subjectEddy covarianceen_US
dc.subjectMeteorological dataen_US
dc.subjectC exchangesen_US
dc.subjectGreat Plans grasslands
dc.subjectCarbon exchanges
dc.subject.lcshGreat Plains--Climate
dc.subject.lcshGrasslands
dc.subject.lcshPrecipitation variability
dc.titleThe sensitivity of carbon exchanges in Great Plains grasslands to precipitation variabilityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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