A meta-analysis of the response of soil moisture to experimental warming
Soil moisture is an important variable for regulating carbon, water and energy cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. However, numerous inconsistent conclusions have been reported regarding the responses of soil moisture to warming. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis for examination of the respo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:55a7b79564714a0ea696f2a5710547cb 2023-09-05T13:23:50+02:00 A meta-analysis of the response of soil moisture to experimental warming Wenfang Xu Wenping Yuan Wenjie Dong Jiangzhou Xia Dan Liu Yang Chen 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044027 https://doaj.org/article/55a7b79564714a0ea696f2a5710547cb EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044027 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044027 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/55a7b79564714a0ea696f2a5710547cb Environmental Research Letters, Vol 8, Iss 4, p 044027 (2013) soil moisture global warming meta-analysis Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044027 2023-08-13T00:37:28Z Soil moisture is an important variable for regulating carbon, water and energy cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. However, numerous inconsistent conclusions have been reported regarding the responses of soil moisture to warming. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis for examination of the response of soil moisture to experimental warming across global warming sites including several ecosystem types. The results showed that soil moisture decreased in response to warming treatments when compared with control treatments in most ecosystem types. The largest reduction of soil moisture was observed in forests, while intermediate reductions were observed in grassland and cropland, and they were both larger than the reductions observed in shrubland and tundra ecosystems. Increases (or no change) in soil moisture also occurred in some ecosystems. Taken together, these results showed a trend of soil drying in most ecosystems, which may have exerted profound impacts on a variety of terrestrial ecosystem processes as well as feedbacks to the climate system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Environmental Research Letters 8 4 044027 |
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Soil moisture is an important variable for regulating carbon, water and energy cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. However, numerous inconsistent conclusions have been reported regarding the responses of soil moisture to warming. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis for examination of the response of soil moisture to experimental warming across global warming sites including several ecosystem types. The results showed that soil moisture decreased in response to warming treatments when compared with control treatments in most ecosystem types. The largest reduction of soil moisture was observed in forests, while intermediate reductions were observed in grassland and cropland, and they were both larger than the reductions observed in shrubland and tundra ecosystems. Increases (or no change) in soil moisture also occurred in some ecosystems. Taken together, these results showed a trend of soil drying in most ecosystems, which may have exerted profound impacts on a variety of terrestrial ecosystem processes as well as feedbacks to the climate system. |
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A meta-analysis of the response of soil moisture to experimental warming |
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