reviewGlobal Change BiologyMar 7, 2015HYBRID OA

Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

DFD. FrankMRMarkus ReichsteinMBMichael BahnKTKirsten ThonickeDFDavid Frank

Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research · Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research · +26 more institutions

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Abstract

Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus carbon cycling and its feedbacks to the climate system. Yet, the interconnected avenues through which climate extremes drive ecological and physiological processes and alter the carbon balance are poorly understood. Here, we review the literature on carbon cycle relevant responses of ecosystems to extreme climatic events. Given that impacts of climate extremes are considered disturbances, we assume the respective general disturbance-induced mechanisms and processes to also operate in an extreme context. The paucity of well-defined…

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  • Environmental science
  • Carbon cycle
  • Climate change
  • Carbon fibers
  • Climatology
  • Atmospheric sciences
  • Environmental resource management
  • Ecosystem
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Climate action
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