THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY SEASON PRECIPITATION CONDITIONING SUB-MEDITERRANEAN GRASSLAND RESPONSES TO RAINFALL VARIATION
Journal: Unicam Scientific Publications (University of Camerino)
Year: 2015

Background &amp; Aims: Climate change will likely modify patterns of precipitation, with an expected increase in frequency and magnitude of extreme events. The Mediterranean area seems to be very sensitive to such events, but their effect on ecosystem services, such as plant productivity, is widely unknown. Here we evaluate the short-term effect of an experimental precipitation gradient on the above ground net primary productivity (ANPP) of mesic and xeric sub-Mediterranean grassland systems ove