Climate regulation processes are linked to the functional composition of plant communities in European forests, shrublands, and grasslands

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00139813" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00139813 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17189" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17189</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17189" target="_blank" >10.1111/gcb.17189</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Climate regulation processes are linked to the functional composition of plant communities in European forests, shrublands, and grasslands
Original language description
Terrestrial ecosystems affect climate by reflecting solar irradiation, evaporative cooling, and carbon sequestration. Yet very little is known about how plant traits affect climate regulation processes (CRPs) in different habitat types. Here, we used linear and random forest models to relate the community-weighted mean and variance values of 19 plant traits (summarized into eight trait axes) to the climate-adjusted proportion of reflected solar irradiation, evapotranspiration, and net primary productivity across 36,630 grid cells at the European extent, classified into 10 types of forest, shrubland, and grassland habitats. We found that these trait axes were more tightly linked to log evapotranspiration (with an average of 6.2% explained variation) and the proportion of reflected solar irradiation (6.1%) than to net primary productivity (4.9%). The highest variation in CRPs was explained in forest and temperate shrubland habitats. Yet, the strength and direction of these relationships were strongly habitat-dependent. We conclude that any spatial upscaling of the effects of plant communities on CRPs must consider the relative contribution of different habitat types.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project
<a href="/en/project/SS70010002" target="_blank" >SS70010002: Feedbacks between Biodiversity and Climate</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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