Interactive effects of UV radiation and water deficit on production characteristics in upland grassland and their estimation by proximity sensing

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43210/22:43922026

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.9330" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.9330</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9330" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.9330</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Interactive effects of UV radiation and water deficit on production characteristics in upland grassland and their estimation by proximity sensing

Original language description

An increase in extreme weather and changes in other conditions associated with ongoing climate change are exposing ecosystems to a very wide range of environmental drivers that interact in ways which are not sufficiently understood. Such uncertainties in how ecosystems respond to multifactorial change make it difficult to predict the impacts of environmental change on ecosystems and their functions. Since water deficit (WD) and ultraviolet radiation (UV) trigger similar protective mechanisms in plants, we tested the hypothesis that UV modulates grassland acclimation to WD, mainly through changes in the root/shoot (R/S) ratio, and thus enhances the ability of grassland to acquire water from the soil and hence maintain its productivity. We also tested the potential of spectral reflectance and thermal imaging for monitoring the impacts of WD and UV on grassland production parameters. The experimental plots were manipulated by lamellar shelters allowing precipitation to pass through or to be excluded. The lamellas were either transmitting or blocking the UV. The results show that WD resulted in a significant decrease in aboveground biomass (AB). In contrast, belowground biomass (BB), R/S ratio, and total biomass (TB) increased significantly in response to WD, especially in UV exclusion treatment. UV exposure had a significant effect on AB and BB, but only in the last year of the experiment. The differences in the effect of WD between years show that the effect of precipitation removal is largely influenced by the potential evapotranspiration (PET) in a given year and hence mainly by air temperatures, while the resulting effect on production parameters is best correlated with the water balance given by the difference between precipitation and PET. Canopy temperature and selected spectral reflectance indices showed a significant response to WD and also significant relationships with morphological (AB, R/S) and biochemical (C/N ratio) parameters. In particular, the vegetation indices NDVI and RDVI provided the best correlations of biomass changes caused by WD and thus the highest potential to remotely sense drought effects on terrestrial vegetation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecology and Evolution

ISSN

2045-7758

e-ISSN

2045-7758

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

e9330

UT code for WoS article

000860194600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85139152533