A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance

Abstract The concept of stability is central to the study and sustainability of vital ecosystem goods and services as disturbances increase globally. While ecosystem ecologists, including carbon (C) cycling scientists, have long‐considered multiple dimensions of disturbance response, our discipline...

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Autores principales: Kayla C. Mathes, Yang Ju, Callie Kleinke, Callie Oldfield, Gil Bohrer, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Christoph S. Vogel, Kalyn Dorheim, Christopher M. Gough
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:87e6744d4f934774913b831d7424aa212021-11-29T07:06:42ZA multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance2150-892510.1002/ecs2.3800https://doaj.org/article/87e6744d4f934774913b831d7424aa212021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3800https://doaj.org/toc/2150-8925Abstract The concept of stability is central to the study and sustainability of vital ecosystem goods and services as disturbances increase globally. While ecosystem ecologists, including carbon (C) cycling scientists, have long‐considered multiple dimensions of disturbance response, our discipline lacks an agreed‐upon analytical framework for characterizing multidimensional stability. Here, we advocate for the broader adoption of a standardized and normalized multidimensional stability framework for analyzing disturbance response. This framework includes four dimensions of stability: the degree of initial change in C fluxes (i.e., resistance); rate (i.e., resilience) and variability (i.e., temporal stability) of return to pre‐disturbance C fluxes; and the extent of return to pre‐disturbance C fluxes (i.e., recovery). Using this framework, we highlight findings not readily seen from analysis of absolute fluxes, including trade‐offs between initial and long‐term C flux responses to disturbance; different overall stability profiles among fluxes; and, using a pilot dataset, similar relative stability of net primary production following fire and insect disturbances. We conclude that ecosystem ecologists’ embrace of a unifying multidimensional stability framework as a complement to approaches focused on absolute C fluxes could advance global change research by aiding in the novel interpretation, comprehensive synthesis, and improved forecasting of ecosystems’ response to an increasing array of disturbances.Kayla C. MathesYang JuCallie KleinkeCallie OldfieldGil BohrerBen Bond‐LambertyChristoph S. VogelKalyn DorheimChristopher M. GoughWileyarticlecarbondisturbanceecosystem ecologyforestsresilienceresistanceEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcosphere, Vol 12, Iss 11, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic carbon
disturbance
ecosystem ecology
forests
resilience
resistance
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle carbon
disturbance
ecosystem ecology
forests
resilience
resistance
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Kayla C. Mathes
Yang Ju
Callie Kleinke
Callie Oldfield
Gil Bohrer
Ben Bond‐Lamberty
Christoph S. Vogel
Kalyn Dorheim
Christopher M. Gough
A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
description Abstract The concept of stability is central to the study and sustainability of vital ecosystem goods and services as disturbances increase globally. While ecosystem ecologists, including carbon (C) cycling scientists, have long‐considered multiple dimensions of disturbance response, our discipline lacks an agreed‐upon analytical framework for characterizing multidimensional stability. Here, we advocate for the broader adoption of a standardized and normalized multidimensional stability framework for analyzing disturbance response. This framework includes four dimensions of stability: the degree of initial change in C fluxes (i.e., resistance); rate (i.e., resilience) and variability (i.e., temporal stability) of return to pre‐disturbance C fluxes; and the extent of return to pre‐disturbance C fluxes (i.e., recovery). Using this framework, we highlight findings not readily seen from analysis of absolute fluxes, including trade‐offs between initial and long‐term C flux responses to disturbance; different overall stability profiles among fluxes; and, using a pilot dataset, similar relative stability of net primary production following fire and insect disturbances. We conclude that ecosystem ecologists’ embrace of a unifying multidimensional stability framework as a complement to approaches focused on absolute C fluxes could advance global change research by aiding in the novel interpretation, comprehensive synthesis, and improved forecasting of ecosystems’ response to an increasing array of disturbances.
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author Kayla C. Mathes
Yang Ju
Callie Kleinke
Callie Oldfield
Gil Bohrer
Ben Bond‐Lamberty
Christoph S. Vogel
Kalyn Dorheim
Christopher M. Gough
author_facet Kayla C. Mathes
Yang Ju
Callie Kleinke
Callie Oldfield
Gil Bohrer
Ben Bond‐Lamberty
Christoph S. Vogel
Kalyn Dorheim
Christopher M. Gough
author_sort Kayla C. Mathes
title A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
title_short A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
title_full A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
title_fullStr A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
title_full_unstemmed A multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
title_sort multidimensional stability framework enhances interpretation and comparison of carbon cycling response to disturbance
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/87e6744d4f934774913b831d7424aa21
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