The contribution of trees and grasses to productivity of an Australian  tropical savanna

Moore, Caitlin E.; Beringer, Jason; Evans, Bradley; Hutley, Lindsay B.; McHugh, Ian; Tapper, Nigel J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2387-2016

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26 Apr 2016

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| 26 Apr 2016

The contribution of trees and grasses to productivity of an Australian tropical savanna

Caitlin E. Moore, Jason Beringer, Bradley Evans, Lindsay B. Hutley, Ian McHugh, and Nigel J. Tapper

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Apr 2016)
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RC C9751: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Feb 2016
RC C10128: 'Comment on “The contribution of trees and grasses to productivity of an Australian tropical savanna” by C. E. Moore et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Mar 2016
AC C10153: 'Author responses to reviewer 1 & 2 comments', Caitlin Moore, 14 Mar 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (29 Mar 2016) by Natascha Kljun

AR by Caitlin Moore on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (12 Apr 2016) by Natascha Kljun

AR by Caitlin Moore on behalf of the Authors (18 Apr 2016)

Short summary

Savannas cover 20 % of the global land surface and account for 25 % of global terrestrial carbon uptake. They support 20 % of the world’s human population and are one of the most important ecosystems on our planet. We evaluated the temporal partitioning of carbon between overstory and understory in Australian tropical savanna using eddy covariance. We found the understory contributed ~ 32 % to annual productivity, increasing to 40 % in the wet season, thus driving seasonality in carbon uptake.