The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia
Terrestrial ecosystems are highly responsive to their local environments and, as such, the rate of carbon uptake both in shorter and longer timescales and different spatial scales depends on local environmental drivers. For savannas, the key environmental drivers controlling vegetation productivity...
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| author | Kanniah, Kasturi Devi Beringer, Jason Hutley, Lindsay B. |
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| description | Terrestrial ecosystems are highly responsive to their local environments and, as such, the rate of carbon uptake both in shorter and longer timescales and different spatial scales depends on local environmental drivers. For savannas, the key environmental drivers controlling vegetation productivity are water and nutrient availability, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), solar radiation and fire. Changes in these environmental factors can modify the carbon balance of these ecosystems. Therefore, understanding the environmental drivers responsible for the patterns (temporal and spatial) and processes (photosynthesis and respiration) has become a central goal in terrestrial carbon cycle studies. Here we have reviewed the various environmental controls on the spatial and temporal patterns on savanna carbon fluxes in northern Australia. Such studies are critical in predicting the impacts of future climate change on savanna productivity and carbon storage. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-265292018-11-09T08:09:18Z http://eprints.utm.my/26529/ The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia Kanniah, Kasturi Devi Beringer, Jason Hutley, Lindsay B. GE Environmental Sciences Terrestrial ecosystems are highly responsive to their local environments and, as such, the rate of carbon uptake both in shorter and longer timescales and different spatial scales depends on local environmental drivers. For savannas, the key environmental drivers controlling vegetation productivity are water and nutrient availability, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), solar radiation and fire. Changes in these environmental factors can modify the carbon balance of these ecosystems. Therefore, understanding the environmental drivers responsible for the patterns (temporal and spatial) and processes (photosynthesis and respiration) has become a central goal in terrestrial carbon cycle studies. Here we have reviewed the various environmental controls on the spatial and temporal patterns on savanna carbon fluxes in northern Australia. Such studies are critical in predicting the impacts of future climate change on savanna productivity and carbon storage. SAGE Publications 2010 Article PeerReviewed Kanniah, Kasturi Devi and Beringer, Jason and Hutley, Lindsay B. (2010) The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia. Progress in Physical Geography, 34 (4). 459 -490. ISSN 0309-1333 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309133310364933 DOI:10.1177/0309133310364933 |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Kanniah, Kasturi Devi Beringer, Jason Hutley, Lindsay B. The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia |
| title | The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia |
| title_full | The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia |
| title_fullStr | The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia |
| title_short | The comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes: a review, with special reference to northern Australia |
| title_sort | comparative role of key environmental factors in determining savanna productivity and carbon fluxes a review with special reference to northern australia |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences |
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