Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought

György Kröel-Dulay; Andrea Mojzes; Katalin Szitár; Michael Bahn; Péter Batáry; Claus Beier; Mark Bilton; Hans J. De Boeck; Jeffrey S. Dukes; Marc Estiarte; Petr Holub; Anke Jentsch; Inger Kappel Schmidt; Juergen Kreyling; Sabine Reinsch; Klaus Steenberg Larsen; Marcelo Sternberg; Katja Tielbörger; Albert Tietema; Sara Vicca; Josep Peñuelas

doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01685-3

Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought

György Kröel-Dulay, Andrea Mojzes, Katalin Szitár, Michael Bahn, Péter Batáry, Claus Beier, Mark Bilton, Hans J. De Boeck, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Marc Estiarte, Petr Holub, Anke Jentsch, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Juergen Kreyling, Sabine Reinsch, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Marcelo Sternberg, Katja Tielbörger, Albert Tietema, Sara ViccaJosep Peñuelas

School of Plant Sciences and Food Security

Tel Aviv University

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Researchers use both experiments and observations to study the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, but results from these contrasting approaches have not been systematically compared for droughts. Using a meta-analysis and accounting for potential confounding factors, we demonstrate that aboveground biomass responded only about half as much to experimentally imposed drought events as to natural droughts. Our findings indicate that experimental results may underestimate climate change impacts and highlight the need to integrate results across approaches.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	540-545
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	6
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01685-3
State	Published - May 2022

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Kröel-Dulay, G., Mojzes, A., Szitár, K., Bahn, M., Batáry, P., Beier, C., Bilton, M., De Boeck, H. J., Dukes, J. S., Estiarte, M., Holub, P., Jentsch, A., Schmidt, I. K., Kreyling, J., Reinsch, S., Larsen, K. S., Sternberg, M., Tielbörger, K., Tietema, A., ... Peñuelas, J. (2022). Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6(5), 540-545. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01685-3

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