{"id":37353,"date":"2024-04-28T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T06:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/diversity-and-productivity-go-branch-in-branch\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T06:45:17","slug":"diversity-and-productivity-go-branch-in-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/diversity-and-productivity-go-branch-in-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity and productivity go branch-in-branch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Climate change can be characterized as the Grim Reaper or some other harbinger of dire times for humanity and natural environment, including forests. Previous studies reporting a decline in forest productivity due to climate warming and long-term drought may suggest that trees’ survival hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n

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Now, a study by an international group, including Kyoto University, found that forests with higher trait diversity not only adapt better to climate change but may also thrive.<\/p>\n

The study, conducted by researchers from Lakehead University, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, unveiled how tree functional trait diversity — a key aspect of biodiversity — plays a pivotal role in mitigating climate warming.<\/p>\n

“In the face of environmental stress, these diverse trees have been shown to maintain higher productivity levels, in contrast to monoculture forests,” says team leader Han YH Chen of Lakehead University.<\/p>\n

Han Chen’s team’s results highlight the complex linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem function, and climate change in dryland forests.<\/p>\n

The team utilized 57 years of inventory data — spanning from 1958 to 2015 — of dryland biomes in Canada, finding that climate warming does not adversely affect forests with resource-gaining characteristics. The study factors out vegetation recovery from natural disturbances, spatial variation in the local climate, and soil drainage.<\/p>\n

“Our robust statistical approach to the large-scale data may lead to future opportunities for further exploring the long-term dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity,” says first author Hiroshima University’s Masumi Hisano, previously of KyotoU’s Graduate School of Informatics.<\/p>\n

This nature-based solutions approach is increasingly gaining traction in climate policies to reduce ecosystem vulnerabilities. The debate continues regarding whether biodiversity enhances ecosystem resistance against short-term droughts.<\/p>\n

“Due to limited evidence from multi-decade long-term observation, synthesizing several direct observations is essential for generalizing dynamic ecological patterns,” adds Hisano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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