Can functional complementarity of plant strategies enhance drought resilience in associations of Mediterranean grasses? [P91]

Grasslands are very important agro-ecosystems worldwide but the sustainability of their numerous ecosystem services is threatened under climate change especially in Mediterranean areas. As biodiversity is increasingly recognized to enhance and stabilize processes within plant communities, we aimed to test whether the associations of forage species with contrasting above- and belowground functional strategies improve the use of soil water and the resilience of biomass productivity under increasing summer aridity. Monocultures and bi- or tri-specific mixtures of perennial grasses (native species or cultivars) were compared in a 3-years field experiment under either an average or an extreme summer drought scenario in southern France. From the measured leaf and root traits, both the functional identity (mean traits of associated species) and the functional diversity (trait differences between associated species) were calculated for each mixture. Overyielding and resilience (post-stress vs. pre-stress productivity) were assessed from seasonal aboveground biomass (AGB). Total transpirable soil water (TTSW) and evapotranspiration in summer (ETsum) were derived from monthly soil water content monitoring. Overall, response patterns were similar between native species and cultivars. Across all treatments and drought scenarii, AGB productivity and resilience were highly correlated with TTSW, ETsum and rooting depth. The functional identity of mixtures better explained overyielding and resilience responses than the functional diversity. However, the effects associated with functional complementarity between root traits may have greater impacts on mixture drought resilience on a longer term. These results showing the role of root traits and water-use on the resilience of perennial mixtures provide sound agro-ecological rules to design suitable associations of species for drought-prone areas. (Texte intégral)

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Main Authors: Barkaoui, Karim, Bristiel, Pauline, Birouste, Marine, Roumet, Catherine, Volaire, Florence
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spelling dig-cirad-fr-5765732018-11-25T17:00:51Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/576573/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/576573/ Can functional complementarity of plant strategies enhance drought resilience in associations of Mediterranean grasses? [P91]. Barkaoui Karim, Bristiel Pauline, Birouste Marine, Roumet Catherine, Volaire Florence. 2015. In : Building tomorrow’s research agenda and bridging the science-policy gap. CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Agropolis International, Wageningen UR, CGIAR, UCDAVIS, FAO, Agreenium, GFAR. Montpellier : CIRAD, Résumé, 175. Climate-Smart Agriculture 2015 : Global Science Conference. 3, Montpellier, France, 16 Mars 2015/18 Mars 2015.http://csa2015.cirad.fr/var/csa2015/storage/fckeditor/file/L1%20Regional%20Dimensions(1).pdf <http://csa2015.cirad.fr/var/csa2015/storage/fckeditor/file/L1%20Regional%20Dimensions(1).pdf> Researchers Can functional complementarity of plant strategies enhance drought resilience in associations of Mediterranean grasses? [P91] Barkaoui, Karim Bristiel, Pauline Birouste, Marine Roumet, Catherine Volaire, Florence eng 2015 CIRAD Building tomorrow’s research agenda and bridging the science-policy gap F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture P40 - Météorologie et climatologie F62 - Physiologie végétale - Croissance et développement Grasslands are very important agro-ecosystems worldwide but the sustainability of their numerous ecosystem services is threatened under climate change especially in Mediterranean areas. As biodiversity is increasingly recognized to enhance and stabilize processes within plant communities, we aimed to test whether the associations of forage species with contrasting above- and belowground functional strategies improve the use of soil water and the resilience of biomass productivity under increasing summer aridity. Monocultures and bi- or tri-specific mixtures of perennial grasses (native species or cultivars) were compared in a 3-years field experiment under either an average or an extreme summer drought scenario in southern France. From the measured leaf and root traits, both the functional identity (mean traits of associated species) and the functional diversity (trait differences between associated species) were calculated for each mixture. Overyielding and resilience (post-stress vs. pre-stress productivity) were assessed from seasonal aboveground biomass (AGB). Total transpirable soil water (TTSW) and evapotranspiration in summer (ETsum) were derived from monthly soil water content monitoring. Overall, response patterns were similar between native species and cultivars. Across all treatments and drought scenarii, AGB productivity and resilience were highly correlated with TTSW, ETsum and rooting depth. The functional identity of mixtures better explained overyielding and resilience responses than the functional diversity. However, the effects associated with functional complementarity between root traits may have greater impacts on mixture drought resilience on a longer term. These results showing the role of root traits and water-use on the resilience of perennial mixtures provide sound agro-ecological rules to design suitable associations of species for drought-prone areas. (Texte intégral) conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/576573/1/P91%20de%20L1%20Regional%20Dimensions%281%29-8.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html http://csa2015.cirad.fr/var/csa2015/storage/fckeditor/file/L1%20Regional%20Dimensions(1).pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/http://csa2015.cirad.fr/var/csa2015/storage/fckeditor/file/L1%20Regional%20Dimensions(1).pdf
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Barkaoui, Karim
Bristiel, Pauline
Birouste, Marine
Roumet, Catherine
Volaire, Florence
Can functional complementarity of plant strategies enhance drought resilience in associations of Mediterranean grasses? [P91]
description Grasslands are very important agro-ecosystems worldwide but the sustainability of their numerous ecosystem services is threatened under climate change especially in Mediterranean areas. As biodiversity is increasingly recognized to enhance and stabilize processes within plant communities, we aimed to test whether the associations of forage species with contrasting above- and belowground functional strategies improve the use of soil water and the resilience of biomass productivity under increasing summer aridity. Monocultures and bi- or tri-specific mixtures of perennial grasses (native species or cultivars) were compared in a 3-years field experiment under either an average or an extreme summer drought scenario in southern France. From the measured leaf and root traits, both the functional identity (mean traits of associated species) and the functional diversity (trait differences between associated species) were calculated for each mixture. Overyielding and resilience (post-stress vs. pre-stress productivity) were assessed from seasonal aboveground biomass (AGB). Total transpirable soil water (TTSW) and evapotranspiration in summer (ETsum) were derived from monthly soil water content monitoring. Overall, response patterns were similar between native species and cultivars. Across all treatments and drought scenarii, AGB productivity and resilience were highly correlated with TTSW, ETsum and rooting depth. The functional identity of mixtures better explained overyielding and resilience responses than the functional diversity. However, the effects associated with functional complementarity between root traits may have greater impacts on mixture drought resilience on a longer term. These results showing the role of root traits and water-use on the resilience of perennial mixtures provide sound agro-ecological rules to design suitable associations of species for drought-prone areas. (Texte intégral)
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title Can functional complementarity of plant strategies enhance drought resilience in associations of Mediterranean grasses? [P91]
title_short Can functional complementarity of plant strategies enhance drought resilience in associations of Mediterranean grasses? [P91]
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