为应对气候变暖,永久土地区的地表与地下生物质分布的变化
Hanbo Yun1,2,3,4, Philippe Ciais5, Qing Zhu6
1State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Beilu'He Observation and Research Station on Tibetan Plateau, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China.
概括
气候变暖改变了永久土地区的植物生物质分配. 温暖的气温有利于湿地区的地面生长和更干燥的高山生态系统的地下生长,影响碳储存.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
背景情况:
- 永久土地区储存了大量的碳,并且正在迅速变暖.
- 气候变暖影响植被,影响植物生物质和生态系统碳平衡.
- 植物的长期变化在地面和地下生物质比率 (η) 仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 分析西藏高原不同植被类型的植物地面和地下生物质比率 (η) 的长期趋势.
- 确定 η 变化的驱动因素,重点关注温度和植物物种组成.
- 研究土壤水分对温度和nA之间的关系的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 从1995年到2021年对3013个地块和26337个物种特定测量的分析.
- 对地面和地下生物质比率 (η) 的时间趋势的统计分析.
- 评估温度,植被类型和土壤湿度对生物质分配的影响.
主要成果:
- 在 η 中观察到明显的时间趋势:阿尔卑斯山湿地增加了 17%,而阿尔卑斯山草原和草原分别减少了 26% 和 48%.
- 温度诱导的生长偏好,而不是物种组成的变化,主要推动了这些趋势.
- 在27年间, η的变暖效应增加了三倍,在干燥的生态系统中,土壤水分调节了这一效应.
结论:
- 气候变暖促进了潮湿的永久土生态系统的地面生长,以及干燥的地下生长.
- 了解生物质分布变化对于预测永久土生态系统中的碳动态及其气候反至关重要.
- 对生物质分配的增强变暖效应凸显了这些生态系统对持续气候变化的敏感性.
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