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DOI | 10.1007/s10584-013-0758-8 |
From desert to Mediterranean rangelands: will increasing drought and inter-annual rainfall variability affect herbaceous annual primary productivity? | |
Golodets, Carly1; Sternberg, Marcelo1; Kigel, Jaime2; Boeken, Bertrand3; Henkin, Zalmen4; Seligman, No’am G.5; Ungar, Eugene David6 | |
通讯作者 | Golodets, Carly |
来源期刊 | CLIMATIC CHANGE
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ISSN | 0165-0009 |
出版年 | 2013 |
卷号 | 119期号:3-4页码:785-798 |
英文摘要 | Climate change is predicted to alter the rainfall regime in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin: total annual rainfall will decrease, while seasonal and inter-annual variation in rainfall will increase. Such changes in the rainfall regime could potentially lead to large-scale changes in aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) in the region. We conducted a data-driven evaluation of herbaceous ANPP along an entire regional rainfall gradient, from desert (90 mm MAR [Mean Annual Rainfall]) to Mesic-Mediterranean (780 mm MAR) ecosystems, using the largest database ever collated for herbaceous ANPP in Israel, with the aim of predicting consequences of climate change for rangeland productivity. This research revealed that herbaceous ANPP increases with increasing rainfall along the gradient, but strong dependence on rainfall was only apparent within dry sites. Rain Use Efficiency peaks at mid-gradient in Mediterranean sites without woody vegetation (560 and 610 mm MAR). Inter-annual coefficients of variation in rainfall and herbaceous ANPP decrease along the rainfall gradient up to ca. 500 mm MAR. Climate change is more likely to affect herbaceous ANPP of rangelands in the arid end of the rainfall gradient, requiring adaptation of rangeland management, while ANPP of rangelands in more mesic ecosystems is less responsive to variation in rainfall. We conclude that herbaceous ANPP in most Mediterranean rangelands is less vulnerable to climate change than generally predicted. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000321955300020 |
WOS关键词 | USE EFFICIENCY ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; PRECIPITATION ; GRASSLAND ; COMMUNITIES ; PATTERNS ; GRADIENT ; ARIDITY ; ECOSYSTEMS ; VEGETATION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/176466 |
作者单位 | 1.Tel Aviv Univ, Fac Life Sci, Dept Mol Biol & Ecol Plants, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel; 2.Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Inst Plant Sci & Genet, Robert H Smith Fac Agr Food & Environm, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel; 3.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, IL-84990 Sede Boqer, Israel; 4.Newe Yaar Res Ctr, Agr Res Org, IL-30095 Ramat Yishai, Israel; 5.Galilee Technol Ctr, IL-11016 Kiryat Shemona, Israel; 6.Agr Res Org, Volcani Ctr, Inst Plant Sci, Dept Agron & Nat Resources, IL-50250 Bet Dagan, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Golodets, Carly,Sternberg, Marcelo,Kigel, Jaime,et al. From desert to Mediterranean rangelands: will increasing drought and inter-annual rainfall variability affect herbaceous annual primary productivity?[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,2013,119(3-4):785-798. |
APA | Golodets, Carly.,Sternberg, Marcelo.,Kigel, Jaime.,Boeken, Bertrand.,Henkin, Zalmen.,...&Ungar, Eugene David.(2013).From desert to Mediterranean rangelands: will increasing drought and inter-annual rainfall variability affect herbaceous annual primary productivity?.CLIMATIC CHANGE,119(3-4),785-798. |
MLA | Golodets, Carly,et al."From desert to Mediterranean rangelands: will increasing drought and inter-annual rainfall variability affect herbaceous annual primary productivity?".CLIMATIC CHANGE 119.3-4(2013):785-798. |
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