The temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration to climate change in an alpine meadow on the Tibet plateau: A reciprocal translocation experiment

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 216; no. 15; pp. 93 - 104
• Main Authors: Hu, Yigang, Jiang, Lili, Wang, Shiping, Zhang, Zhenhua, Luo, Caiyun, Bao, Xiaoying, Niu, Haishan, Xu, Guangping, Duan, Jichuang, Zhu, Xiaoxue, Cui, Shujuan, Du, Mingyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.01.2016
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Alpine meadows; Asymmetrical response; botanical composition; China; Climate change; Cooling; Cooling effects; Ecosystem respiration; Ecosystems; Elevation; environmental factors; growing season; reciprocal translocation; Respiration; Seasons; shrubs; soil temperature; soil water; Temperature change; Tibetan Plateau; Vegetation; Warming and cooling; China; China, People's Rep., Xizang, Tibetan Plateau; China, People's Rep., Xizang; Asymmetrical response; Tibetan Plateau; Temperature change; Warming and cooling; Alpine meadows; Ecosystem respiration

•Warming increased and cooling decreased ecosystem respiration (Re).•Re at the higher elevation was more sensitive than that at lower elevation.•The temperature sensitivity of Re to warming and to cooling was asymmetrical. Information about the potential effects of climate change, especially cooling...