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Legacies of precipitation influence primary production in Panicum virgatum.
Oecologia - 1 Jan 2023
Heckman Robert W, Rueda Austin, Bonnette Jason E, Aspinwall Michael J, Khasanova Albina, Hawkes Christine V, Juenger Thomas E, Fay Philip A
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Precipitation is a key driver of primary production worldwide, but primary production does not always track year-to-year variation in precipitation linearly. Instead, plant responses to changes in precipitation may exhibit time lags, or legacies of past precipitation. Legacies can be driven by multiple mechanisms, including persistent changes in plant physiological and morphological traits and changes to the...
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