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Pastures and Climate Extremes: Impacts of Cool Season Warming and Drought on the Productivity of Key Pasture Species in a Field Experiment.
Churchill, Amber C; Zhang, Haiyang; Fuller, Kathryn J; Amiji, Burhan; Anderson, Ian C; Barton, Craig V M; Carrillo, Yolima; Catunda, Karen L M; Chandregowda, Manjunatha H; Igwenagu, Chioma; Jacob, Vinod; Kim, Gil Won; Macdonald, Catriona A; Medlyn, Belinda E; Moore, Ben D; Pendall, Elise; Plett, Jonathan M; Post, Alison K; Powell, Jeff R; Tissue, David T; Tjoelker, Mark G; Power, Sally A.
  • Churchill AC; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Zhang H; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Fuller KJ; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Amiji B; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Anderson IC; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Barton CVM; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Carrillo Y; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Catunda KLM; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Chandregowda MH; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Igwenagu C; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Jacob V; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Kim GW; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Macdonald CA; Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea.
  • Medlyn BE; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Moore BD; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Pendall E; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Plett JM; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Post AK; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Powell JR; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Tissue DT; The Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
  • Tjoelker MG; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
  • Power SA; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia.
Front Plant Sci ; 13: 836968, 2022.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35321443
ABSTRACT
Shifts in the timing, intensity and/or frequency of climate extremes, such as severe drought and heatwaves, can generate sustained shifts in ecosystem function with important ecological and economic impacts for rangelands and managed pastures. The Pastures and Climate Extremes experiment (PACE) in Southeast Australia was designed to investigate the impacts of a severe winter/spring drought (60% rainfall reduction) and, for a subset of species, a factorial combination of drought and elevated temperature (ambient +3°C) on pasture productivity. The experiment included nine common pasture and Australian rangeland species from three plant functional groups (C3 grasses, C4 grasses and legumes) planted in monoculture. Winter/spring drought resulted in productivity declines of 45% on average and up to 74% for the most affected species (Digitaria eriantha) during the 6-month treatment period, with eight of the nine species exhibiting significant yield reductions. Despite considerable variation in species' sensitivity to drought, C4 grasses were more strongly affected by this treatment than C3 grasses or legumes. Warming also had negative effects on cool-season productivity, associated at least partially with exceedance of optimum growth temperatures in spring and indirect effects on soil water content. The combination of winter/spring drought and year-round warming resulted in the greatest yield reductions. We identified responses that were either additive (Festuca), or less-than-additive (Medicago), where warming reduced the magnitude of drought effects. Results from this study highlight the sensitivity of diverse pasture species to increases in winter and spring drought severity similar to those predicted for this region, and that anticipated benefits of cool-season warming are unlikely to be realized. Overall, the substantial negative impacts on productivity suggest that future, warmer, drier climates will result in shortfalls in cool-season forage availability, with profound implications for the livestock industry and natural grazer communities.
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