Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

Chuixiang Yi; Runze Li; John Wolbeck; Xiyan Xu; Mats Nilsson; Luis Aires; John D. Albertson; Christof Ammann; M. Altaf Arain; Alessandro C. De Araujo; Marc Aubinet; Mika Aurela; Zoltán Barcza; Alan Barr; Paul Berbigier; Jason Beringer; Christian Bernhofer; Andrew T. Black; Paul V. Bolstad; Fred C. Bosveld; Mark S.J. Broadmeadow; Nina Buchmann; Sean P. Burns; Pierre Cellier; Jingming Chen; Jiquan Chen; Philippe Ciais; Robert Clement; Bruce D. Cook; Peter S. Curtis; D. Bryan Dail; Ebba Dellwik; Nicolas Delpierre; Ankur R. Desai; Sabina Dore; Danilo Dragoni; Bert G. Drake; Eric Dufrêne; Allison Dunn; Jan Elbers; Werner Eugster; Matthias Falk; Christian Feigenwinter; Lawrence B. Flanagan; Thomas Foken; John Frank; Juerg Fuhrer; Damiano Gianelle; Allen Goldstein; Mike Goulden; Andre Granier; Thomas Grünwald; Lianhong Gu; Haiqiang Guo; Albin Hammerle; Shijie Han; Niall P. Hanan; László Haszpra; Bernard Heinesch; Carole Helfter; Dimmie Hendriks; Lindsay B. Hutley; Andreas Ibrom; Cor Jacobs; Torbj̈rn Johansson; Marjan Jongen; Gabriel Katul; Gerard Kiely; Katja Klumpp; Alexander Knohl; Thomas Kolb; Werner L. Kutsch; Peter Lafleu; Tuomas Laurila; Ray Leuning; Anders Lindroth; Heping Liu; Benjamin Loubet; Giovanni Manca; Michal Marek; Hank A. Margolis; Timothy A. Martin; William J. Massman; Roser Matamala; Giorgio Matteucci; Harry McCaughey; Lutz Merbold; Tilden Meyers; Mirco Migliavacca; Franco Miglietta; Laurent Misson; Meelis Mölder; John Moncrieff; Russell K. Monson; Leonardo Montagnani; Mario Montes-Helu; Eddy Moors; Christine Moureaux; Mukufute M. Mukelabai; J. William Munger; May Myklebust; Zoltán Nagy; Asko Noormets; Walter Oechel; Ram Oren; Stephen Gpallardy; Kyaw Tha Paw U; João S. Pereira; Kim Pilegaard; Krisztina Pintér; Casimiro Pio; Gabriel Pita; Thomas L. Powell; Serge Rambal; James T. Randerson; Celso Von Randow; Corinna Rebmann; Janne Rinne; Federica Rossi; Nigel Roulet; Ronald J. Ryel; Jorgen Sagerfors; Nobuko Saigusa; María José Sanz; Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza; Hans Peter Schmid; Guenther Seufert; Mario Siqueira; Jean Fraņois Soussana; Gregory Starr; Mark A. Sutton; John Tenhunen; Zoltán Tuba; Juha Pekka Tuovinen; Riccardo Valentini; Christoph S. Vogel; Jingxin Wang; Shaoqiang Wang; Weiguo Wang; Lisa R. Welp; Xuefa Wen; Sonia Wharton; Matthew Wilkinson; Christopher A. Williams; Georg Wohlfahrt; Susumu Yamamoto; Guirui Yu; Roberto Zampedri; Bin Zhao; Xinquan Zhao

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007

Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

Chuixiang Yi
, Runze Li
, John Wolbeck
, Xiyan Xu
, Mats Nilsson
, Luis Aires
, John D. Albertson
, Christof Ammann
, M. Altaf Arain
, Alessandro C. De Araujo
, Marc Aubinet
, Mika Aurela
, Zoltán Barcza
, Alan Barr
, Paul Berbigier
, Jason Beringer
, Christian Bernhofer
, Andrew T. Black
, Paul V. Bolstad
, Fred C. Bosveld

Mark S.J. Broadmeadow, Nina Buchmann, Sean P. Burns, Pierre Cellier, Jingming Chen, Jiquan Chen, Philippe Ciais, Robert Clement, Bruce D. Cook, Peter S. Curtis, D. Bryan Dail, Ebba Dellwik, Nicolas Delpierre, Ankur R. Desai, Sabina Dore, Danilo Dragoni, Bert G. Drake, Eric Dufrêne, Allison Dunn, Jan Elbers, Werner Eugster, Matthias Falk, Christian Feigenwinter, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Thomas Foken, John Frank, Juerg Fuhrer, Damiano Gianelle, Allen Goldstein, Mike Goulden, Andre Granier, Thomas Grünwald, Lianhong Gu, Haiqiang Guo, Albin Hammerle, Shijie Han, Niall P. Hanan, László Haszpra, Bernard Heinesch, Carole Helfter, Dimmie Hendriks, Lindsay B. Hutley, Andreas Ibrom, Cor Jacobs, Torbj̈rn Johansson, Marjan Jongen, Gabriel Katul, Gerard Kiely, Katja Klumpp, Alexander Knohl, Thomas Kolb, Werner L. Kutsch, Peter Lafleu, Tuomas Laurila, Ray Leuning, Anders Lindroth, Heping Liu, Benjamin Loubet, Giovanni Manca, Michal Marek, Hank A. Margolis, Timothy A. Martin, William J. Massman, Roser Matamala, Giorgio Matteucci, Harry McCaughey, Lutz Merbold, Tilden Meyers, Mirco Migliavacca, Franco Miglietta, Laurent Misson, Meelis Mölder, John Moncrieff, Russell K. Monson, Leonardo Montagnani, Mario Montes-Helu, Eddy Moors, Christine Moureaux, Mukufute M. Mukelabai, J. William Munger, May Myklebust, Zoltán Nagy, Asko Noormets, Walter Oechel, Ram Oren, Stephen Gpallardy, Kyaw Tha Paw U, João S. Pereira, Kim Pilegaard, Krisztina Pintér, Casimiro Pio, Gabriel Pita, Thomas L. Powell, Serge Rambal, James T. Randerson, Celso Von Randow, Corinna Rebmann, Janne Rinne, Federica Rossi, Nigel Roulet, Ronald J. Ryel, Jorgen Sagerfors, Nobuko Saigusa, María José Sanz, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Hans Peter Schmid, Guenther Seufert, Mario Siqueira, Jean Fraņois Soussana, Gregory Starr, Mark A. Sutton, John Tenhunen, Zoltán Tuba, Juha Pekka Tuovinen, Riccardo Valentini, Christoph S. Vogel, Jingxin Wang, Shaoqiang Wang, Weiguo Wang, Lisa R. Welp, Xuefa Wen, Sonia Wharton, Matthew Wilkinson, Christopher A. Williams, Georg Wohlfahrt, Susumu Yamamoto, Guirui Yu, Roberto Zampedri, Bin Zhao, Xinquan Zhao

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Abstract

Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems is critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential accelerating effects of positive climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed relationships between climate and terrestrial CO₂exchange with the atmosphere across biomes and continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relationships between net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE) and climate factors as measured using the eddy covariance method at 125 unique sites in various ecosystems over six continents with a total of 559 site-years. We find that NEE observed at eddy covariance sites is (1) a strong function of mean annual temperature at mid- and high-latitudes, (2) a strong function of dryness at mid- and low-latitudes, and (3) a function of both temperature and dryness around the mid-latitudinal belt (45°N). The sensitivity of NEE to mean annual temperature breaks down at ∼16 ®C (a threshold value of mean annual temperature), above which no further increase of CO,_.2uptake with temperature was observed and dryness influence overrules temperature influence.

Original language	English
Article number	034007
Journal	Environmental Research Letters
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biomes
Climate control
Dryness
Eddy flux
Global carbon cycle
NEE
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Temperature
Terrestrial carbon sequestration

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Yi, C., Li, R., Wolbeck, J., Xu, X., Nilsson, M., Aires, L., Albertson, J. D., Ammann, C., Arain, M. A., De Araujo, A. C., Aubinet, M., Aurela, M., Barcza, Z., Barr, A., Berbigier, P., Beringer, J., Bernhofer, C., Black, A. T., Bolstad, P. V., ... Zhao, X. (2010). Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. Environmental Research Letters, 5(3), Article 034007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007

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AU - Yi, Chuixiang

AU - Li, Runze

AU - Wolbeck, John

AU - Xu, Xiyan

AU - Nilsson, Mats

AU - Aires, Luis

AU - Albertson, John D.

AU - Ammann, Christof

AU - Arain, M. Altaf

AU - De Araujo, Alessandro C.

AU - Aubinet, Marc

AU - Aurela, Mika

AU - Barcza, Zoltán

AU - Barr, Alan

AU - Berbigier, Paul

AU - Beringer, Jason

AU - Bernhofer, Christian

AU - Black, Andrew T.

AU - Bolstad, Paul V.

AU - Bosveld, Fred C.

AU - Broadmeadow, Mark S.J.

AU - Buchmann, Nina

AU - Burns, Sean P.

AU - Cellier, Pierre

AU - Chen, Jingming

AU - Chen, Jiquan

AU - Ciais, Philippe

AU - Clement, Robert

AU - Cook, Bruce D.

AU - Curtis, Peter S.

AU - Dail, D. Bryan

AU - Dellwik, Ebba

AU - Delpierre, Nicolas

AU - Desai, Ankur R.

AU - Dore, Sabina

AU - Dragoni, Danilo

AU - Drake, Bert G.

AU - Dufrêne, Eric

AU - Dunn, Allison

AU - Elbers, Jan

AU - Eugster, Werner

AU - Falk, Matthias

AU - Feigenwinter, Christian

AU - Flanagan, Lawrence B.

AU - Foken, Thomas

AU - Frank, John

AU - Fuhrer, Juerg

AU - Gianelle, Damiano

AU - Goldstein, Allen

AU - Goulden, Mike

AU - Granier, Andre

AU - Grünwald, Thomas

AU - Gu, Lianhong

AU - Guo, Haiqiang

AU - Hammerle, Albin

AU - Han, Shijie

AU - Hanan, Niall P.

AU - Haszpra, László

AU - Heinesch, Bernard

AU - Helfter, Carole

AU - Hendriks, Dimmie

AU - Hutley, Lindsay B.

AU - Ibrom, Andreas

AU - Jacobs, Cor

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AU - Katul, Gabriel

AU - Kiely, Gerard

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AU - Knohl, Alexander

AU - Kolb, Thomas

AU - Kutsch, Werner L.

AU - Lafleu, Peter

AU - Laurila, Tuomas

AU - Leuning, Ray

AU - Lindroth, Anders

AU - Liu, Heping

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AU - Manca, Giovanni

AU - Marek, Michal

AU - Margolis, Hank A.

AU - Martin, Timothy A.

AU - Massman, William J.

AU - Matamala, Roser

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AU - McCaughey, Harry

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AU - Meyers, Tilden

AU - Migliavacca, Mirco

AU - Miglietta, Franco

AU - Misson, Laurent

AU - Mölder, Meelis

AU - Moncrieff, John

AU - Monson, Russell K.

AU - Montagnani, Leonardo

AU - Montes-Helu, Mario

AU - Moors, Eddy

AU - Moureaux, Christine

AU - Mukelabai, Mukufute M.

AU - Munger, J. William

AU - Myklebust, May

AU - Nagy, Zoltán

AU - Noormets, Asko

AU - Oechel, Walter

AU - Oren, Ram

AU - Gpallardy, Stephen

AU - Tha Paw U, Kyaw

AU - Pereira, João S.

AU - Pilegaard, Kim

AU - Pintér, Krisztina

AU - Pio, Casimiro

AU - Pita, Gabriel

AU - Powell, Thomas L.

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AU - Rinne, Janne

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AU - Tuba, Zoltán

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PY - 2010

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N2 - Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems is critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential accelerating effects of positive climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed relationships between climate and terrestrial CO2exchange with the atmosphere across biomes and continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relationships between net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE) and climate factors as measured using the eddy covariance method at 125 unique sites in various ecosystems over six continents with a total of 559 site-years. We find that NEE observed at eddy covariance sites is (1) a strong function of mean annual temperature at mid- and high-latitudes, (2) a strong function of dryness at mid- and low-latitudes, and (3) a function of both temperature and dryness around the mid-latitudinal belt (45°N). The sensitivity of NEE to mean annual temperature breaks down at ∼16 ®C (a threshold value of mean annual temperature), above which no further increase of CO,.2uptake with temperature was observed and dryness influence overrules temperature influence.

AB - Understanding the relationships between climate and carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems is critical to predict future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide because of the potential accelerating effects of positive climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. However, directly observed relationships between climate and terrestrial CO2exchange with the atmosphere across biomes and continents are lacking. Here we present data describing the relationships between net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE) and climate factors as measured using the eddy covariance method at 125 unique sites in various ecosystems over six continents with a total of 559 site-years. We find that NEE observed at eddy covariance sites is (1) a strong function of mean annual temperature at mid- and high-latitudes, (2) a strong function of dryness at mid- and low-latitudes, and (3) a function of both temperature and dryness around the mid-latitudinal belt (45°N). The sensitivity of NEE to mean annual temperature breaks down at ∼16 ®C (a threshold value of mean annual temperature), above which no further increase of CO,.2uptake with temperature was observed and dryness influence overrules temperature influence.

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KW - Climate control

KW - Dryness

KW - Eddy flux

KW - Global carbon cycle

KW - NEE

KW - Photosynthesis

KW - Respiration

KW - Temperature

KW - Terrestrial carbon sequestration

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Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

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