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ECOLOGY
卷 95, 期 1, 页码 123-131出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1890/13-0270.1
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drought; net ecosystem CO2 exchange; peatlands; plant functional types; recovery; resistance; Sphagnum
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资金
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [863.10.014]
- NERC [NE/G002363/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/G002363/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Peatlands are important sinks for atmospheric carbon (C), yet the role of plant functional types (PFTs) for C sequestration under climatic perturbations is still unclear. A plant-removal experiment was used to study the importance of vascular PFTs for the net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) during (i.e., resistance) and after (i.e., recovery) an experimental drought. The removal of PFTs caused a decrease of NEE, but the rate differed between microhabitats (i.e., hummocks and lawns) and the type of PFTs. Ericoid removal had a large effect on NEE in hummocks, while the graminoids played a major role in the lawns. The removal of PFTs did not affect the resistance or the recovery after the experimental drought. We argue that the response of Sphagnum mosses (the only PFT present in all treatments) to drought is dominant over that of coexisting PFTs. However, we observed that the moment in time when the system switched from C sink to C source during the drought was controlled by the vascular PFTs. In the light of climate change, the shifts in species composition or even the loss of certain PFTs are expected to strongly affect the future C dynamics in response to environmental stress.
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