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Dryland vegetation response to wet episode, not inherent shift in sensitivity to rainfall, behind Australia's role in 2011 global carbon sink anomaly

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Summary, in English

There is compelling new evidence that semi-arid ecosystems are playing a pivotal role in the inter-annual variability and greening trend of the global carbon cycle (Ahlström et al., 2015). The situation is exemplified by the vast inland region of Australia, the driest inhabited continent. Using a global model, Poulter et al. (2014) inferred that Australian ecosystems contributed 57% of a record global carbon uptake anomaly in 2011, and have entered a regime of enhanced sensitivity to rainfall since the mid-1990s. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Pages

2315-2316

Publication/Series

Global Change Biology

Volume

22

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article (letter)

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Climate Research
  • Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • Australian ecosystem response
  • dryland vegetation
  • global land carbon sink anomaly
  • net ecosystem production
  • precipitation anomaly

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1354-1013