Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs

Changes in water and nitrogen availability can affect the structure and function of arid ecosystems. How these resources affect aboveground primary productivity (ANPP) remains far from clear. We examined the N and water limitation of ANPP from the species to the community level and the response of A...

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Autores principales: Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina, Scholz, Fabian Gustavo, Burek, Antonella, Diaz Villa, Virginia, Cavallaro, Agustín, Askenazi, Javier Oscar, Arias, Nadia Soledad, You Hao, Guang, Goldstein, Guillermo, Bucci, Sandra Janet
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20747
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eco.2636
https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2636
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author Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina
Scholz, Fabian Gustavo
Burek, Antonella
Diaz Villa, Virginia
Cavallaro, Agustín
Askenazi, Javier Oscar
Arias, Nadia Soledad
You Hao, Guang
Goldstein, Guillermo
Bucci, Sandra Janet
author_browse Arias, Nadia Soledad
Askenazi, Javier Oscar
Bucci, Sandra Janet
Burek, Antonella
Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina
Cavallaro, Agustín
Diaz Villa, Virginia
Goldstein, Guillermo
Scholz, Fabian Gustavo
You Hao, Guang
author_facet Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina
Scholz, Fabian Gustavo
Burek, Antonella
Diaz Villa, Virginia
Cavallaro, Agustín
Askenazi, Javier Oscar
Arias, Nadia Soledad
You Hao, Guang
Goldstein, Guillermo
Bucci, Sandra Janet
author_sort Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina
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description Changes in water and nitrogen availability can affect the structure and function of arid ecosystems. How these resources affect aboveground primary productivity (ANPP) remains far from clear. We examined the N and water limitation of ANPP from the species to the community level and the response of ANPP to annual precipitation in a Patagonian steppe. We conducted a 7-year field experiment with water addition (+W), nitrogen addition (+N) and +NW. Destructive methods for grasses and allometric relationships for shrubs were used to assess ANPP and vegetation indices (NDVI and MSAVI2) to estimate community ANPP. An increase in ANPP of one grass species (Papposstipa humilis) and a decrease of the grass Poa ligularis under +N were observed. Some shrub species exhibited mortality under nitrogen addition. Nitrogen exerted a positive effect on grass ANPP and amplified the sensitivity of grass ANPP to annual precipitation. However, +N had not effects on the shrub ANPP and shrub ANPP-precipitation relationship. Water addition by itself had no effect on ANPP for either shrubs or grasses. However, shrubs responded positively to an unusually wet year regardless of treatment and were also more sensitive to changes in annual precipitation than grasses. Total ANPP increased significantly in +N relative to the C and +W but without changes in the sensitivity to annual precipitation. The results suggest that the responses of grasses and shrubs to water inputs are driven by soil moisture redistribution and rooting depth and that grass and community ANPP are more limited by N than by water.
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spelling INTA207472024-12-26T11:02:24Z Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina Scholz, Fabian Gustavo Burek, Antonella Diaz Villa, Virginia Cavallaro, Agustín Askenazi, Javier Oscar Arias, Nadia Soledad You Hao, Guang Goldstein, Guillermo Bucci, Sandra Janet Precipitación Atmosférica Nitrógeno Estepa Profundidad de Penetración de la Raíz Agua del Suelo Productividad Primaria Neta Precipitation Nitrogen Steppes Root Penetration Depth Soil Water Net Primary Productivity Shrubs Gramineas Grasses Arbustos Región Patagónica Changes in water and nitrogen availability can affect the structure and function of arid ecosystems. How these resources affect aboveground primary productivity (ANPP) remains far from clear. We examined the N and water limitation of ANPP from the species to the community level and the response of ANPP to annual precipitation in a Patagonian steppe. We conducted a 7-year field experiment with water addition (+W), nitrogen addition (+N) and +NW. Destructive methods for grasses and allometric relationships for shrubs were used to assess ANPP and vegetation indices (NDVI and MSAVI2) to estimate community ANPP. An increase in ANPP of one grass species (Papposstipa humilis) and a decrease of the grass Poa ligularis under +N were observed. Some shrub species exhibited mortality under nitrogen addition. Nitrogen exerted a positive effect on grass ANPP and amplified the sensitivity of grass ANPP to annual precipitation. However, +N had not effects on the shrub ANPP and shrub ANPP-precipitation relationship. Water addition by itself had no effect on ANPP for either shrubs or grasses. However, shrubs responded positively to an unusually wet year regardless of treatment and were also more sensitive to changes in annual precipitation than grasses. Total ANPP increased significantly in +N relative to the C and +W but without changes in the sensitivity to annual precipitation. The results suggest that the responses of grasses and shrubs to water inputs are driven by soil moisture redistribution and rooting depth and that grass and community ANPP are more limited by N than by water. EEAf Esquel Fil: Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP). Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF); Argentina Fil: Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud, Sede Comodoro Rivadavia; Argentina Fil: Scholz, Fabián Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP). Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF); Argentina Fil: Scholz, Fabián Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud, Sede Comodoro Rivadavia; Argentina Fil: Burek, Antonella. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP). Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF); Argentina Fil: Burek, Antonella. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud, Sede Comodoro Rivadavia; Argentina Fil: Diaz Villa, Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional; Argentina Fil: Cavallaro, Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP). Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF); Argentina Fil: Cavallaro, Agustín. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agroforestal Esquel; Argentina Fil: Askenazi, Javier Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigación y Transferencia del Golfo San Jorge; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB). Centro de Investigación y Transferencia del Golfo San Jorge; Argentina. Fil: Arias, Nadia Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP). Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF); Argentina Fil: Arias, Nadia Soledad. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud, Sede Comodoro Rivadavia; Argentina Fil: You Hao, Guang. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Applied Ecology. CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management & Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Neutrality; China Fil: Goldstein, Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Laboratorio de Ecología Funcional; Argentina Fil: Goldstein, Guillermo. University of Miami. Department of Biology, Coral Gables, Florida; Estados Unidos Fil: Bucci, Sandra Janet. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP). Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF); Argentina Fil: Bucci, Sandra Janet. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud, Sede Comodoro Rivadavia; Argentina 2024-12-26T10:40:06Z 2024-12-26T10:40:06Z 2024-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20747 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eco.2636 Carbonell-Silletta, L., Scholz, F. G., Burek, A., Villa, V. D., Cavallaro, A., Askenazi, J. O., Arias, N. S., Hao, G.-Y., Goldstein, G., & Bucci, S. J. (2024). Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: Substantial differences between grasses and shrubs. Ecohydrology, 17(3), e2636. https://doi.org/10. 1002/eco.2636 1936-0584 1936-0592 https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2636 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Ecohydrology 17 (3) : e2636 (April 2024)
spellingShingle Precipitación Atmosférica
Nitrógeno
Estepa
Profundidad de Penetración de la Raíz
Agua del Suelo
Productividad Primaria Neta
Precipitation
Nitrogen
Steppes
Root Penetration Depth
Soil Water
Net Primary Productivity
Shrubs
Gramineas
Grasses
Arbustos
Región Patagónica
Carbonell-Silletta, Luisina
Scholz, Fabian Gustavo
Burek, Antonella
Diaz Villa, Virginia
Cavallaro, Agustín
Askenazi, Javier Oscar
Arias, Nadia Soledad
You Hao, Guang
Goldstein, Guillermo
Bucci, Sandra Janet
Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
title Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
title_full Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
title_fullStr Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
title_full_unstemmed Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
title_short Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
title_sort nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem substantial differences between grasses and shrubs
topic Precipitación Atmosférica
Nitrógeno
Estepa
Profundidad de Penetración de la Raíz
Agua del Suelo
Productividad Primaria Neta
Precipitation
Nitrogen
Steppes
Root Penetration Depth
Soil Water
Net Primary Productivity
Shrubs
Gramineas
Grasses
Arbustos
Región Patagónica
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20747
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eco.2636
https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2636
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