Drought in forest understory ecosystems – a novel rainfall reduction experiment

Gimbel, K. F.; Felsmann, K.; Baudis, M.; Puhlmann, H.; Gessler, A.; Bruelheide, H.; Kayler, Z.; Ellerbrock, R. H.; Ulrich, A.; Welk, E.; Weiler, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-961-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-961-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-961-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

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17 Feb 2015

Research article | Highlight paper |

| 17 Feb 2015

Drought in forest understory ecosystems – a novel rainfall reduction experiment

K. F. Gimbel, K. Felsmann, M. Baudis, H. Puhlmann, A. Gessler, H. Bruelheide, Z. Kayler, R. H. Ellerbrock, A. Ulrich, E. Welk, and M. Weiler

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RC C6061: 'Referee comments relating to bg-2014-331', Anonymous Referee #3, 22 Oct 2014
RC C6246: 'Review on Drought in forest understory ecosystems– a novel rainfall reduction experiment by Gimbe et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2014
- AC C7692: 'Final Response - bg-2014-331 - Drought in forest understory ecosystems – a novel rainfall reduction experiment by Gimbel et al. - Answer to Referee 2', Katharina Gimbel, 31 Dec 2014
RC C6353: 'Interactive comment on “Drought in forest understory ecosystems – a novel rainfall reduction experiment” by K. F. Gimbel et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Oct 2014
- AC C7685: 'Final Response - bg-2014-331 - Drought in forest understory ecosystems – a novel rainfall reduction experiment by Gimbel et al. - Answer to Referee 1', Katharina Gimbel, 31 Dec 2014
AC C7700: 'Final Response - bg-2014-331 - Drought in forest understory ecosystems – a novel rainfall reduction experiment by Gimbel et al. - Answer to Referee 3', Katharina Gimbel, 31 Dec 2014

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AR by Katharina Gimbel on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Jan 2015) by Yakov Kuzyakov

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This paper introduces a novel rainfall reduction experiment to investigate drought effects on soil-forest-understory-ecosystems. An annual drought with a return period of 40 years was imposed, while other ecosystem variables (humidity, air & soil temperature) remained unaffected. The first year of drought showed considerable changes in soil moisture dynamics, which affected leaf stomatal conductance of understory species as well as evapotranspiration rates of the forest understory ecosystem.